[Python-Dev] sqlite3 test errors - was : Re: [Python-checkins] r46936 - in python/trunk: Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py Modules/_sqlite/connection.c Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c Modules/_sqlite/module.c Modules/_sqlite/module.h

[Gerhard Häring]

Co-posting to python-dev in the hope of getting help of people verifying 
my suspicion ...

Gerhard Häring wrote:
> [...]
> For some reason, they don't seem to have picked up the changed tests of 
> the sqlite3 module. At least the error messages look exactly like the 
> ones I had when I ran the current code against old tests.

That guess was wrong. The failed sqlite3 tests come from an old SQLite 
version being linked against. Until recently, SQLite was buggy and it 
was only fixed in

http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/chngview?cn=2981

that callbacks can throw errors that are usefully returned to the 
original caller.

The tests for the sqlite3 module currently assume a recent version 
SQLite (3.3.something). Otherwise some tests will fail.

Still, it can be built against any SQLite 3 release.

Can somebody please also verify if the malloc/free error message goes 
away (it really only happened on Mac, didn't it?) if you upgrade SQLite 
to the latest version on the build host?

-- Gerhard