[Python-Dev] test_shutils.py fails for 2.4 install

[Michael Hudson]

"Edward C. Jones" <edcjones at erols.com> writes:

> I have a PC with an AMD cpu and Mandrake 10.1. While installing Python
> 2.4 "make test" failed in "test_shutils.py". Here is the output of
> "./python ./Lib/test/test_shutil.py":

Are you running 'make test' as root?  Don't do that (although possibly
the test suite should guard against it).

Also, did you search the bug tracker?  Please do do that.

Cheers,
mwh

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