[Python-Dev] OS X buildbots and launchd

[Bill Janssen]

Bill Janssen <janssen at parc.com> wrote:

> I can find no evidence that the buildbot installation process given on
> the wiki will cause the buildbot slave to be restarted after a reboot of
> the machine.  To accomplish this, you should also undertake the work
> described in 
> 
>   http://buildbot.net/trac/wiki/UsingLaunchd
> 
> On my Leopard slave, I created the file
> /Library/LaunchAgents/org.python.buildbot.slave.plist, and put in it
> this XML:
>
> [...]
>
> Note that I am using the system Python 2.5, and that I have configured
> the buildbot slave machine to login the "buildbot" account automatically
> upon boot, which login will cause this daemon to start, and will provide
> access to the GUI context for testing tk.  I've configured it with a
> locking screensaver that starts immediately; let's see if that works OK.

This seems to work.  test_tk now passes.

Bill