[New-bugs-announce] [issue33693] test test_webbrowser failed

[Greg Walters]

New submission from Greg Walters <greg.gregwa at gmail.com>:

Python 3.70b4
Linux Mint 18.3
Dell Latitude-E5500
While running make test got the following error...
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ERROR: test_get (test.test_webbrowser.ImportTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/greg/Downloads/Python-3.7.0b4/Lib/test/test_webbrowser.py", line 290, in test_get
    webbrowser.get('fakebrowser')
  File "/home/greg/Downloads/Python-3.7.0b4/Lib/webbrowser.py", line 42, in get
    register_standard_browsers()
  File "/home/greg/Downloads/Python-3.7.0b4/Lib/webbrowser.py", line 567, in register_standard_browsers
    cmd = _synthesize(cmdline, -1)
  File "/home/greg/Downloads/Python-3.7.0b4/Lib/webbrowser.py", line 116, in _synthesize
    register(browser, None, controller, update_tryorder)
TypeError: register() takes from 2 to 3 positional arguments but 4 were given

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ERROR: test_register (test.test_webbrowser.ImportTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/greg/Downloads/Python-3.7.0b4/Lib/test/test_webbrowser.py", line 277, in test_register
    webbrowser.register('Example1', ExampleBrowser)
  File "/home/greg/Downloads/Python-3.7.0b4/Lib/webbrowser.py", line 26, in register
    register_standard_browsers()
  File "/home/greg/Downloads/Python-3.7.0b4/Lib/webbrowser.py", line 567, in register_standard_browsers
    cmd = _synthesize(cmdline, -1)
  File "/home/greg/Downloads/Python-3.7.0b4/Lib/webbrowser.py", line 116, in _synthesize
    register(browser, None, controller, update_tryorder)
TypeError: register() takes from 2 to 3 positional arguments but 4 were given

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Ran 31 tests in 0.073s

FAILED (errors=2)
test test_webbrowser failed
1 test failed again:
    test_webbrowser

Total duration: 10 min 50 sec
Tests result: FAILURE
Makefile:1066: recipe for target 'test' failed
make: *** [test] Error 2


Did not try to go any further.

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components: Build
messages: 318163
nosy: Greg Walters
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: test test_webbrowser failed
type: compile error
versions: Python 3.7

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