[Python-Dev] Windows buildbots are red: test_idlelib

[Zachary Ware]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Unit tests are failing on Windows because of this issue:
> http://bugs.python.org/issue21059
>
> It looks like a regression in test_idlelib introduced with this issue:
> http://bugs.python.org/issue15968
>
> Zachary Ware wrote a fix:
> http://bugs.python.org/issue20035
>
> Can someone please review Zachary's patch? If not, I suggest to revert
> changes of issue #15968 to have working Windows buildbots.

Rather than revert the change, I committed what should be a temporary
fix last night; Tools/buildbot/test[-amd64].bat now sets TCL_LIBRARY
before calling the test script.  It seems to be keeping the buildbots
happy until #20035 can reach a satisfactory conclusion.

-- 
Zach