[Python-Dev] Tests broken on Windows

[Tim Peters]

>  Exactly how does it fail?

[Raymond Hettinger, on bug737473]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "test_traceback.py", line 79, in test_bug737473
>    test_bug737473.test()
>  File "c:\windows\temp\tmpsj7w5a\test_bug737473.py", line 2, in test
> ValueError

That helps.

>> Does it work if you force the test to take the time.sleep()
>> path instead of the os.utime() path?

> Yes.

Progress <wink>.

...

> Am challenged for time in the next couple of days.  Will delve deeper at
> the first opportunity.
>
> For the time being, I think it would be best to use sleep() instead of
> utime().  While it costs three seconds, at least we know it to be a
> platform independent test.  It is rather late in the game to be
> debugging OS specific problems introduced by a new check-in.

The checkin isn't that new anymore.  Just try changing

                past = time.time() - 3

to

                past = time.time() - 6

I added a note to <http://www.python.org/1057992> explaining why that
may matter on FAT or FAT32 systems.