[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-631066 ] running regrtest in user mode fails

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Bugs item #631066, was opened at 2002-10-30 09:48
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Category: Installation
Group: Python 2.2.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Daniel T. (daniel_t)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: running regrtest in user mode fails

Initial Comment:
Running on MacOS X 10.1.5

Installed Python 2.2.2 from an admin account into a folder that only admins can modify.

Ran regrtest from a user account.

Some 26 tests fail with the following error:
test test_builtin crashed -- exceptions.IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '@test'

Comment from Jack Jansen:

The bug is with Python's test suite. The test suite expects to have write permission in Python's Lib/test directory (or somewhere thereabouts). The bug isn't mac-specific, but it's triggered by person A doing the install and person B running the test set.

At the very least the test set should detect this situation and print a warning that you may experience random failures that do not point to problems with the python installation, I guess...


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