[Python-checkins] r45472 - python/trunk/Misc/README.valgrind

neal.norwitz python-checkins at python.org
Mon Apr 17 03:49:14 CEST 2006


Author: neal.norwitz
Date: Mon Apr 17 03:49:14 2006
New Revision: 45472

Modified:
   python/trunk/Misc/README.valgrind
Log:
Add some notes about a couple of poorly behaved tests

Modified: python/trunk/Misc/README.valgrind
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Misc/README.valgrind	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/README.valgrind	Mon Apr 17 03:49:14 2006
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 the memory usage down to allow the tests to complete.  It seems to take
 about 5 times longer to run --without-pymalloc.
 
+Apr 15, 2006:
+  test_ctypes causes Valgrind 3.1.1 to fail (crash).
+  test_socket_ssl should be skipped when running valgrind.
+	The reason is that it purposely uses uninitialized memory.
+	This causes many spurious warnings, so it's easier to just skip it.
+
 
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