[Python-checkins] gh-92670: Skip test_shutil.TestCopy.test_copyfile_nonexistent_dir on AIX (GH-92718)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/56c8d7cc83fbc944b78b7685828f1990fbd017da
commit: 56c8d7cc83fbc944b78b7685828f1990fbd017da
branch: 3.10
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-05-19T02:52:41-07:00
summary:

gh-92670: Skip test_shutil.TestCopy.test_copyfile_nonexistent_dir on AIX (GH-92718)

(cherry picked from commit 654032ac5f6982b36d45e024037f37fb65166aed)

Co-authored-by: Ayappan Perumal <ayappap2 at in.ibm.com>

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-05-12-05-51-06.gh-issue-92670.7L43Z_.rst
M Lib/test/test_shutil.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index 7669b94ac35a6..f1d8f5a8b637f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -1273,6 +1273,10 @@ def test_copyfile_same_file(self):
         self.assertEqual(read_file(src_file), 'foo')
 
     @unittest.skipIf(MACOS or SOLARIS or _winapi, 'On MACOS, Solaris and Windows the errors are not confusing (though different)')
+    # gh-92670: The test uses a trailing slash to force the OS consider
+    # the path as a directory, but on AIX the trailing slash has no effect
+    # and is considered as a file.
+    @unittest.skipIf(AIX, 'Not valid on AIX, see gh-92670')
     def test_copyfile_nonexistent_dir(self):
         # Issue 43219
         src_dir = self.mkdtemp()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-05-12-05-51-06.gh-issue-92670.7L43Z_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-05-12-05-51-06.gh-issue-92670.7L43Z_.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c1349519e7c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-05-12-05-51-06.gh-issue-92670.7L43Z_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Skip ``test_shutil.TestCopy.test_copyfile_nonexistent_dir`` test on AIX as the test uses a trailing
+slash to force the OS consider the path as a directory, but on AIX the
+trailing slash has no effect and is considered as a file.