[Python-Dev] test_itertools fails for trunk on x86 OS X machine

Grig Gheorghiu grig.gheorghiu at gmail.com
Fri Sep 22 04:16:33 CEST 2006


On 9/21/06, Jack Diederich <jackdied at jackdied.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 03:28:04PM -0700, Grig Gheorghiu wrote:
> > On 9/21/06, Jack Diederich <jackdied at jackdied.com> wrote:
> > > The python binary is out of step with the test_itertools.py version.
> > > You can generate this same error on your own box by reverting the
> > > change to itertoolsmodule.c but leaving the new test in test_itertools.py
> > >
> > > I don't know why this only happened on that OSX buildslave
> >
> > Not sure what you mean by out of step. The binary was built out of the
> > very latest itertoolsmodule.c, and test_itertools.py was also updated
> > from svn. So they're both in sync IMO. That tests passes successfully
> > on all the other buildslaves in the Pybots farm (x86 Ubuntu, Debian,
> > Gentoo, RH9, AMD-64 Ubuntu)
> >
>
> When I saw the failure, first I cursed (a lot).  Then I followed the repr
> all the way down into stringobject.c, no dice.  Then I noticed that the
> failure is exactly what you get if the test was updated but the old
> module wasn't.
>
> Faced with the choice of believing in a really strange platform specific
> bug in a commonly used routine that resulted in exactly the failure caused
> by one of the two files being updated or believing a failure occurred in the
> long chain of networks, disks, file systems, build tools, and operating
> systems that would result in only one of the files being updated -
> I went with the latter.
>
> I'll continue in my belief until my dying day or until someone with OSX
> confirms it is a bug, whichever comes first.
>
> not-gonna-sweat-it-ly,
>
> -Jack
> _______________________________________________

OK, sorry for having caused you so much grief....I'll investigate some
more on the Pybots side and I'll let you know what I find.

Grig


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