[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] buildbot warnings in hppa Ubuntu dapper trunk

[Brett Cannon]

On 6/8/06, Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> FYI, here's the minimal set of failing tests:
>
> $ python_d ../Lib/test/regrtest.py test_file test_optparse
> test_file
> test_optparse
> test test_optparse failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Code\python\lib\test\test_optparse.py", line 1042, in
> test_filetype_noexist
>     test_support.TESTFN)
>   File "C:\Code\python\lib\test\test_optparse.py", line 158, in
> assertParseFail
>     self.assertFalse("expected parse failure")
> AssertionError


Different type of failure as well; if you look at the original failure it
has to do with the help output having an extra newline.


1 test OK.
> 1 test failed:
>     test_optparse
> [23476 refs]
>
> That also, using -w and -f, reproduces the bizarre HPPA behavior when
> test_optparse is rerun in verbose mode (test_filetype_noexist passes
> then, but test_version fails).
>
> I have no idea why any of this is true, but there's good and bad news:
> reverting rev 46757 does _not_ make the problem go away.


Actually, that run had two checkins; there was also 46755.  But when I ``svn
update -r46754`` it still fails on my OS X laptop.  So still ain't my
fault.  =)


  So you're
> off the hook, but we don't know who to crucify in your place ;-)


Oh, we live in America; we have a list to pull from.  =)

As to why the failure only showed up recently, I'm not sure, but
> test_file must run before test_optparse, and it looks like the problem
> goes away if "too many"(!) other tests intervene.  The Win2K buildbot
> is unique in that test_file has been followed very soon by
> test_optparse two builds in a row.
>

We don't have any mechanism in place to record when we find tests failing in
a row to always run them in that order until we fix it, do we?  Nor do we
have a script to just continually check out older revisions in svn, compile,
and test until the tests do pass, huh?

-Brett
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