[ python-Bugs-1180147 ] test_posix fails on cygwin

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Bugs item #1180147, was opened at 2005-04-10 04:10
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Category: None
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Henrik Wist (wist)
>Assigned to: Jason Tishler (jlt63)
Summary: test_posix fails on cygwin

Initial Comment:
$ python test/test_posix.py
testNoArgFunctions (__main__.PosixTester) ... ERROR
test_access (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_chdir (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_dup (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_dup2 (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_fdopen (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_fstat (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_fstatvfs (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_ftruncate (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_lsdir (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_pipe (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_stat (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_statvfs (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_strerror (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_tempnam (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_tmpfile (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_umask (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok
test_utime (__main__.PosixTester) ... ok

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ERROR: testNoArgFunctions (__main__.PosixTester)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test/test_posix.py", line 40, in testNoArgFunctions
    posix_func()
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument

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Ran 18 tests in 0.038s

FAILED (errors=1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test/test_posix.py", line 159, in ?
    test_main()
  File "test/test_posix.py", line 156, in test_main
    test_support.run_unittest(PosixTester)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/test/test_support.py", line
262, in run_unittest
    run_suite(suite, testclass)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/test/test_support.py", line
247, in run_suite
    raise TestFailed(err)
test.test_support.TestFailed: Traceback (most recent
call last):
  File "test/test_posix.py", line 40, in testNoArgFunctions
    posix_func()
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument


This is with cygwin 1.5.12-1 and python 2.3.4-2.

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>Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2005-09-29 22:34

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Jason, any comments?

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Comment By: Henrik Wist (wist)
Date: 2005-04-14 02:56

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Strangely enough, this works when deleting /etc/group or 
creating it with either local groups (mkgroup -l) or domain 
groups (mkgroup -d). I guess it is more a cygwin problem, 
then.

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Comment By: Henrik Wist (wist)
Date: 2005-04-10 04:12

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And, I forgot, this is with WinXP SP2

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