[Python-Dev] posixpath.ismount() on non-posix systems

[Michael Hudson]

Jack Jansen <Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl> writes:

> I've just filed bug #776207: test_posixpath fails on MacOS9. The
> problem is that it expects posixpath.ismount('/') to return
> true. But on OS9 it returns false. I'm unsure as to the correct
> behaviour of this on non-posix systems, does anyone have a
> suggestion? How does it behave on Windows? Should test_posixpath
> maybe only run some of the tests on non-posix systems?

This last seems the right answer.

Cheers,
mwh

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