[New-bugs-announce] [issue25098] test_uuid fails with pywin32 installed

[Zachary Ware]

New submission from Zachary Ware:

With installed Python with pywin32 installed:

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ERROR: test_netbios_getnode (test.test_uuid.TestInternals)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python34\lib\test\test_uuid.py", line 479, in test_netbios_getnode
    node = uuid._netbios_getnode()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\uuid.py", line 432, in _netbios_getnode
    adapters._pack()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\win32\lib\netbios.py", line 219, in _pack
    self._buffer_[:] = struct.pack(*(self._format,) + tuple(vals))
struct.error: argument for 's' must be a bytes object

Assumed to affect all 3.x versions, but only confirmed on 3.4.

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components: Library (Lib), Windows
messages: 250612
nosy: paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: test_uuid fails with pywin32 installed
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.4

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