[Python-Dev] windows buildbot failures

[Mark Hammond]

Tim:
> [Martin]

> > on XP SP2: test_mailbox fails to
> > me, with permission denied in some (random) test. I believe this
> > is due to Tortoise SVN: test_mailbox creates a few directories,
> > then Tortoise detects them (thanks to file change notifications)
> > and tries to walk them, to find out whether that directory is
> > under subversion control.
...

> I doubt Tortoise is at fault here, just because I never see that kind
> of failure on my XP Pro SP2 box.  Tortoise is _always_ running here,
> and it's also my buildbot box:  there have been over 400 buildbot runs

FWIW, I've seen similar issues caused by the MS 'Index Server'.  Disabling
the Index Server service made my problem go away.

Mark