[Python-Dev] test failures...

[Tim Peters]

[Skip Montanaro]
> Using the latest CVS code, I get failures for three tests on my Linux
> Mandrake 6.1 laptop:
>
>   test test_exceptions failed -- Writing: 'spam', expected: 'Attr'
>   test test_types crashed -- exceptions.OverflowError : long int
> too long to convert
>   test test_long failed -- int(long(-sys.maxint-1)) overflowed!
>
> Are these known/expected or unknown/unexpected failures?

First two don't ring a bell, last one has shown up several times & each time
traced to an optimization bug, usually in a particular older version of gcc.
Recompile with optimization off and see whether that makes all of them go
away.  If so, try using a recent gcc.