[Python-Dev] Mac OSX issues

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

    GvR> [Barry]
    >> +1, but I'll defer to Jack.  We discussed this a while back
    >> (for Py2.2.2 IIRC), which is when I updated the README bit.
    >> FWIW, Pipermail (in Mailman) suffers the same fate and contains
    >> the following bit of code.

    GvR> Thanks!  I've added your code to regrtest.py.  I'm reluctant
    GvR> to do this in PyMain(), because I don't know whether this
    GvR> adds to Python's resource usage; the re tests are pretty
    GvR> extreme.

Cool, works for me.

    GvR> I'm also considering disabling test_largefile on Mac OSX
    GvR> unless a -u option is given.

    GvR> I'm still seeing errors in test_socket; today (on a different
    GvR> network) I got this:

    GvR> test test_socket failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
    GvR>   File "/Users/guido/python/src/Lib/test/test_socket.py",
    GvR> line 223, in testHostnameRes ip =
    GvR> socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
    GvR> gaierror: (7, 'No address associated with nodename')

I'll be booting up OSX tonight, so I'll try doing a cvsup and running
the tests locally.

-Barry