[issue6026] test_(zipfile|zipimport|gzip|distutils|sqlite) fail if zlib is not available

[Andrew Farrell]

Andrew Farrell <afarrell at mit.edu> added the comment:

In the midst of installing from 
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7/Python-2.7.tgz
I get this same error on test_distutils when I run make test.

this is on debian lenny, amd64

distutils_test output:
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afarrell:~/Python-2.7$ ./python Lib/test/regrtest.py -v test_distutils== CPython 2.7 (r27:82500, Jul 12 2010, 13:29:51) [GCC 4.3.2]
==   Linux-2.6.26-2-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-5.0.5 little-endian
==   /home/afarrell/Python-2.7/build/test_python_26242
test_distutils
test_byte_compile (distutils.tests.test_install_lib.InstallLibTestCase) ... ok
test_dont_write_bytecode (distutils.tests.test_install_lib.InstallLibTestCase) ... ok
test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_install_lib.InstallLibTestCase) ... ok
test_get_inputs (distutils.tests.test_install_lib.InstallLibTestCase) ... ok
test_get_outputs (distutils.tests.test_install_lib.InstallLibTestCase) ... ok
test_clean (distutils.tests.test_config_cmd.ConfigTestCase) ... ok
test_dump_file (distutils.tests.test_config_cmd.ConfigTestCase) ... ok
test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_config_cmd.ConfigTestCase) ... ok
test_search_cpp (distutils.tests.test_config_cmd.ConfigTestCase) ... ok
test_check_all (distutils.tests.test_check.CheckTestCase) ... ok
test_check_document (distutils.tests.test_check.CheckTestCase) ... ok
test_check_metadata (distutils.tests.test_check.CheckTestCase) ... ok
test_check_restructuredtext (distutils.tests.test_check.CheckTestCase) ... ok
test_newer (distutils.tests.test_dep_util.DepUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_newer_group (distutils.tests.test_dep_util.DepUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_newer_pairwise (distutils.tests.test_dep_util.DepUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_runtime_libdir_option (distutils.tests.test_unixccompiler.UnixCCompilerTestCase) ... ok
VersionPredicate (distutils.versionpredicate)
Doctest: distutils.versionpredicate.VersionPredicate ... ok
split_provision (distutils.versionpredicate)
Doctest: distutils.versionpredicate.split_provision ... ok
test_server_empty_registration (distutils.tests.test_config.PyPIRCCommandTestCase) ... ok
test_server_registration (distutils.tests.test_config.PyPIRCCommandTestCase) ... ok
test_debug_print (distutils.tests.test_filelist.FileListTestCase) ... ok
test_glob_to_re (distutils.tests.test_filelist.FileListTestCase) ... ok
test_process_template_line (distutils.tests.test_filelist.FileListTestCase) ... ok
test_default_settings (distutils.tests.test_install_scripts.InstallScriptsTestCase) ... ok
test_installation (distutils.tests.test_install_scripts.InstallScriptsTestCase) ... ok
test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_build.BuildTestCase) ... ok
test_check_archive_formats (distutils.tests.test_archive_util.ArchiveUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_compress_deprecated (distutils.tests.test_archive_util.ArchiveUtilTestCase) ... skipped 'The compress program is required'
test_make_archive (distutils.tests.test_archive_util.ArchiveUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_make_archive_cwd (distutils.tests.test_archive_util.ArchiveUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_make_archive_owner_group (distutils.tests.test_archive_util.ArchiveUtilTestCase) ... skipped 'Requires zlib'
test_make_tarball (distutils.tests.test_archive_util.ArchiveUtilTestCase) ... skipped 'requires zlib'
test_make_zipfile (distutils.tests.test_archive_util.ArchiveUtilTestCase) ... skipped 'Requires zlib'
test_tarfile_root_owner (distutils.tests.test_archive_util.ArchiveUtilTestCase) ... skipped 'Requires zlib'
test_tarfile_vs_tar (distutils.tests.test_archive_util.ArchiveUtilTestCase) ... skipped 'Requires zlib'
test_formats (distutils.tests.test_bdist.BuildTestCase) ... ok
test_build_ext (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... skipped 'xxmodule.c not found'
test_build_ext_inplace (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok
test_build_ext_path_cross_platform (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok
test_build_ext_path_with_os_sep (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok
test_check_extensions_list (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok
test_compiler_option (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok
test_ext_fullpath (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok
test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok
test_get_outputs (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok
test_get_source_files (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok
test_setuptools_compat (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... skipped 'No module named setuptools_build_ext'
test_solaris_enable_shared (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok
test_no_optimize_flag (distutils.tests.test_bdist_rpm.BuildRpmTestCase) ... ok
test_quiet (distutils.tests.test_bdist_rpm.BuildRpmTestCase) ... ok
test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_upload.uploadTestCase) ... ok
test_saved_password (distutils.tests.test_upload.uploadTestCase) ... ok
test_server_empty_registration (distutils.tests.test_upload.uploadTestCase) ... ok
test_server_registration (distutils.tests.test_upload.uploadTestCase) ... ok
test_upload (distutils.tests.test_upload.uploadTestCase) ... ok
test_class (distutils.tests.test_text_file.TextFileTestCase) ... ok
test_home_installation_scheme (distutils.tests.test_install.InstallTestCase) ... ok
test_simple_run (distutils.tests.test_install_data.InstallDataTestCase) ... ok
test_simple_run (distutils.tests.test_clean.cleanTestCase) ... ok
test_announce (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_command_packages_cmdline (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_command_packages_configfile (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_command_packages_unspecified (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_debug_mode (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_empty_options (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_find_config_files_disable (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_get_command_packages (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_write_pkg_file (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_custom_pydistutils (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_fix_help_options (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_long_description (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_obsoletes (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_obsoletes_illegal (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_provides (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_provides_illegal (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_read_metadata (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_requires (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_requires_illegal (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_show_help (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_simple_metadata (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok
test_get_exe_bytes (distutils.tests.test_bdist_wininst.BuildWinInstTestCase) ... ok
test_cmp (distutils.tests.test_version.VersionTestCase) ... ok
test_cmp_strict (distutils.tests.test_version.VersionTestCase) ... ok
test_prerelease (distutils.tests.test_version.VersionTestCase) ... ok
test_customize_compiler (distutils.tests.test_ccompiler.CCompilerTestCase) ... ok
test_debug_print (distutils.tests.test_ccompiler.CCompilerTestCase) ... ok
test_gen_lib_options (distutils.tests.test_ccompiler.CCompilerTestCase) ... ok
test_minial (distutils.tests.test_bdist_msi.BDistMSITestCase) ... skipped 'These tests are only for win32'
test_debug_print (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok
test_dump_options (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok
test_ensure_dirname (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok
test_ensure_filename (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok
test_ensure_string (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok
test_ensure_string_list (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok
test_make_file (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok
test_nt_quote_args (distutils.tests.test_spawn.SpawnTestCase) ... ok
test_spawn (distutils.tests.test_spawn.SpawnTestCase) ... ok
test_copy_tree_verbosity (distutils.tests.test_dir_util.DirUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_create_tree_verbosity (distutils.tests.test_dir_util.DirUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_ensure_relative (distutils.tests.test_dir_util.DirUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_mkpath_remove_tree_verbosity (distutils.tests.test_dir_util.DirUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_dont_write_bytecode (distutils.tests.test_util.UtilTestCase) ... ok
test_check_metadata_deprecated (distutils.tests.test_register.RegisterTestCase) ... ok
test_create_pypirc (distutils.tests.test_register.RegisterTestCase) ... ok
test_password_not_in_file (distutils.tests.test_register.RegisterTestCase) ... ok
test_password_reset (distutils.tests.test_register.RegisterTestCase) ... ok
test_registering (distutils.tests.test_register.RegisterTestCase) ... ok
test_server_empty_registration (distutils.tests.test_register.RegisterTestCase) ... ok
test_server_registration (distutils.tests.test_register.RegisterTestCase) ... ok
test_strict (distutils.tests.test_register.RegisterTestCase) ... ok
test_debug_mode (distutils.tests.test_core.CoreTestCase) ... ok
test_run_setup_provides_file (distutils.tests.test_core.CoreTestCase) ... ok
test_run_setup_uses_current_dir (distutils.tests.test_core.CoreTestCase) ... ok
test_build (distutils.tests.test_build_scripts.BuildScriptsTestCase) ... ok
test_default_settings (distutils.tests.test_build_scripts.BuildScriptsTestCase) ... ok
test_version_int (distutils.tests.test_build_scripts.BuildScriptsTestCase) ... ok
test_simple_run (distutils.tests.test_install_headers.InstallHeadersTestCase) ... ok
test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_bdist_dumb.BuildDumbTestCase) ... ok
test_simple_built (distutils.tests.test_bdist_dumb.BuildDumbTestCase) ... skipped 'requires zlib'
test_copy_file (distutils.tests.test_file_util.FileUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_move_file_verbosity (distutils.tests.test_file_util.FileUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_write_file (distutils.tests.test_file_util.FileUtilTestCase) ... ok
test_dont_write_bytecode (distutils.tests.test_build_py.BuildPyTestCase) ... ok
test_empty_package_dir (distutils.tests.test_build_py.BuildPyTestCase) ... ok
test_package_data (distutils.tests.test_build_py.BuildPyTestCase) ... ok
test_package_data_pyc (distutils.tests.test_build_py.BuildPyTestCase) ... ok
test_no_compiler (distutils.tests.test_msvc9compiler.msvc9compilerTestCase) ... skipped 'These tests are only for win32'
test_reg_class (distutils.tests.test_msvc9compiler.msvc9compilerTestCase) ... skipped 'These tests are only for win32'
test_remove_visual_c_ref (distutils.tests.test_msvc9compiler.msvc9compilerTestCase) ... skipped 'These tests are only for win32'
test_get_python_inc (distutils.tests.test_sysconfig.SysconfigTestCase) ... ok
test_get_python_lib (distutils.tests.test_sysconfig.SysconfigTestCase) ... ok
test_parse_makefile_base (distutils.tests.test_sysconfig.SysconfigTestCase) ... ok
test_parse_makefile_literal_dollar (distutils.tests.test_sysconfig.SysconfigTestCase) ... ok
test_add_defaults (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase) ... skipped 'requires zlib'
test_check_metadata_deprecated (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase) ... ok
test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase) ... ok
test_get_file_list (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase) ... ERROR
Exception AttributeError: "_Stream instance has no attribute 'cmp'" in <bound method _Stream.__del__ of <tarfile._Stream instance at 0x100cb48>> ignored
test_make_distribution (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase) ... skipped 'requires zlib'
test_make_distribution_owner_group (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase) ... skipped 'requires zlib'
test_metadata_check_option (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase) ... skipped 'requires zlib'
test_prune_file_list (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase) ... skipped 'requires zlib'
test_server_empty_registration (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase) ... ok
test_server_registration (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase) ... ok
test_show_formats (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase) ... ok
test_build_libraries (distutils.tests.test_build_clib.BuildCLibTestCase) ... ok
test_check_library_dist (distutils.tests.test_build_clib.BuildCLibTestCase) ... ok
test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_build_clib.BuildCLibTestCase) ... ok
test_get_source_files (distutils.tests.test_build_clib.BuildCLibTestCase) ... ok
test_run (distutils.tests.test_build_clib.BuildCLibTestCase) ... ok

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ERROR: test_get_file_list (distutils.tests.test_sdist.SDistTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py", line 357, in test_get_file_list
    cmd.run()
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py", line 168, in run
    self.make_distribution()
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py", line 435, in make_distribution
    owner=self.owner, group=self.group)
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/cmd.py", line 392, in make_archive
    owner=owner, group=group)
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py", line 237, in make_archive
    filename = func(base_name, base_dir, **kwargs)
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py", line 101, in make_tarball
    tar = tarfile.open(archive_name, 'w|%s' % tar_compression[compress])
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/tarfile.py", line 1687, in open
    _Stream(name, filemode, comptype, fileobj, bufsize),
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/tarfile.py", line 425, in __init__
    raise CompressionError("zlib module is not available")
CompressionError: zlib module is not available

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Ran 151 tests in 0.439s

FAILED (errors=1, skipped=18)
test test_distutils failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py", line 357, in test_get_file_list
    cmd.run()
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py", line 168, in run
    self.make_distribution()
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py", line 435, in make_distribution
    owner=self.owner, group=self.group)
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/cmd.py", line 392, in make_archive
    owner=owner, group=group)
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py", line 237, in make_archive
    filename = func(base_name, base_dir, **kwargs)
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py", line 101, in make_tarball
    tar = tarfile.open(archive_name, 'w|%s' % tar_compression[compress])
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/tarfile.py", line 1687, in open
    _Stream(name, filemode, comptype, fileobj, bufsize),
  File "/home/afarrell/Python-2.7/Lib/tarfile.py", line 425, in __init__
    raise CompressionError("zlib module is not available")
CompressionError: zlib module is not available

1 test failed:
    test_distutils

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nosy: +afarrell

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