[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] Python Regression Test Failures basics (1)

[Neal Norwitz]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 5:24 AM, Benjamin Peterson
<musiccomposition at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 4:07 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Neal Norwitz wrote:
>>> test_epoll skipped -- kernel doesn't support epoll()
>> ...
>>> test_ioctl skipped -- Unable to open /dev/tty
>> ...
>>> test_multiprocessing skipped -- OSError raises on RLock creation, see
>> issue 3111!
>> ...
>>> test test_normalization failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "/tmp/python-test/local/lib/python2.6/test/test_normalization.py", line 90, in test_main
>>>     self.failUnless(X == NFC(X) == NFD(X) == NFKC(X) == NFKD(X), c)
>>> AssertionError: 6918
>> ...
>>> 326 tests OK.
>>> 1 test failed:
>>>     test_normalization
>> ...
>>> 3 skips unexpected on linux2:
>>>    test_epoll test_multiprocessing test_ioctl
>>
>> Neal,
>>
>> What environment are you using to run the debug-mode regression tests?
>> The above four tests run without any problems for me, but I'm just
>> running them in a normal Kubuntu desktop shell.
>
> Something in Neal's build which has made a difference before is that
> the tests are run after a "make install".

Benjamin is correct.  See Misc/build.sh for the script that generates
this.  See http://docs.python.org/dev/results/ for details about the
most recent run.

n