test_struct.py fails when building Python 2.2 on RedHat 6.2/alpha
Mike Carifio
carifio.nospam at nospam.usys.com
Fri Mar 29 11:26:15 EST 2002
I've recently built Python 2.2 on a RedHat 6.2/alpha box.
When I run the regression test suite ('make test'), test_struct.py
fails with a floating point exception and stops the regression test
suite.
Some questions:
1) Is this a know error or have I discovered something new? I
tried to find out if this error was seen before by going to
the python bugs database
(http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=105470&group_id=5470&func=browse)
and searching the newsgroup in Google. Are there other sources? I
didn't
find a good way to search the sourceforge bug tracker for specific
keywords (like
'test_struct' or 'alpha').
2) Once I take test_struct.py out of the test list, the suite runs to
completion, but I still
have 24 tests that have failed. Are all tests the same? For example, if
test_bsddb fails, is my installation
bogus or should I just shy away from db files on RH6.2/alpha? Is there
a document or
file somewhere that tells me how to interpret these results?
3) And related to (2), is test_struct.py a "mandatory" test?
I guess the question I'm asking is: if some of the tests fail, is the build
to be distrusted? If there's a judgment
call to make here, how do I inform my judgement? Please advise at your
convenience. Thanks.
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