[issue12678] test_packaging and test_distutils failures under Windows

[Nadeem Vawda]

Nadeem Vawda <nadeem.vawda at gmail.com> added the comment:

Testing on 3.2, the latest patch doesn't fix the test_record_extensions failure :/

It does change the traceback for the exception, though.

Before:

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    ERROR: test_record_extensions (distutils.tests.test_install.InstallTestCase)
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    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 647, in link
        self.spawn([self.linker] + ld_args)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\ccompiler.py", line 909, in spawn
        spawn(cmd, dry_run=self.dry_run)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\spawn.py", line 34, in spawn
        _spawn_nt(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\spawn.py", line 75, in _spawn_nt
        "command '%s' failed with exit status %d" % (cmd[0], rc))
    distutils.errors.DistutilsExecError: command '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\link.exe"' failed with exit status 1104

    During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\tests\test_install.py", line 207, in test_record_extensions
        buildcmd.run()
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 345, in run
        self.build_extensions()
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 454, in build_extensions
        self.build_extension(ext)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 541, in build_extension
        target_lang=language)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\ccompiler.py", line 717, in link_shared_object
        extra_preargs, extra_postargs, build_temp, target_lang)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 649, in link
        raise LinkError(msg)
    distutils.errors.LinkError: command '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\link.exe"' failed with exit status 1104


After:

    ======================================================================
    ERROR: test_record_extensions (distutils.tests.test_install.InstallTestCase)
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 647, in link
        self.spawn([self.linker] + ld_args)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\ccompiler.py", line 909, in spawn
        spawn(cmd, dry_run=self.dry_run)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\spawn.py", line 34, in spawn
        _spawn_nt(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\spawn.py", line 75, in _spawn_nt
        "command '%s' failed with exit status %d" % (cmd[0], rc))
    distutils.errors.DistutilsExecError: command '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\link.exe"' failed with exit status 1104

    During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\tests\test_install.py", line 221, in test_record_extensions
        cmd.run()
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 569, in run
        self.run_command('build')
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
        self.distribution.run_command(command)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 936, in run_command
        cmd_obj.run()
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 126, in run
        self.run_command(cmd_name)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
        self.distribution.run_command(command)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 936, in run_command
        cmd_obj.run()
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 345, in run
        self.build_extensions()
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 454, in build_extensions
        self.build_extension(ext)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 541, in build_extension
        target_lang=language)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\ccompiler.py", line 717, in link_shared_object
        extra_preargs, extra_postargs, build_temp, target_lang)
      File "C:\Code\cpython\python-3.2\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 649, in link
        raise LinkError(msg)
    distutils.errors.LinkError: command '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\link.exe"' failed with exit status 1104

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