python-gflags-2.0 test failures; py2.7, pypy

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Run testsuite under py2.7, pypy
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Pass.
Failures

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
python-gflags-2.0

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>>> Source compiled.
 * pypy1_9: running distutils-r1_run_phase python_test OR pypy2_0
.......F...F.
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FAIL: testFlagHelpInXML_SpaceSeparatedList 
(__main__.WriteFlagHelpInXMLFormatTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "gflags_helpxml_test.py", line 253, in testFlagHelpInXML_SpaceSeparatedList
    self._CheckFlagHelpInXML('dirs', 'tool', expected_output)
  File "gflags_helpxml_test.py", line 102, in _CheckFlagHelpInXML
    self.assertMultiLineEqual(sio.getvalue(), expected_output)
  File "/mnt/gen2/TmpDir/portage/dev-python/python-gflags-2.0/work/python-gflags-2.0/tests/gflags_googletest.py", line 104, in assertMultiLineEqual
    unittest.TestCase.assertMultiLineEqual(self, expected, actual)
AssertionError: " <flag>\n   <file>tool</file>\n   <name>dirs</name>\n   
<meaning>Directories to [truncated]... != " <flag>\n   <file>tool</file>\n   
<name>dirs</name>\n   <meaning>Directories to [truncated]...
   <flag>
     <file>tool</file>
     <name>dirs</name>
     <meaning>Directories to search.</meaning>
     <default>src libs bin</default>
     <current>['src', 'libs', 'bin']</current>
     <type>whitespace separated list of strings</type>
-    <list_separator>' '</list_separator>
     <list_separator>'\t'</list_separator>
     <list_separator>'\n'</list_separator>
-    <list_separator>'\r'</list_separator>
     <list_separator>'\x0b'</list_separator>
     <list_separator>'\x0c'</list_separator>
+    <list_separator>'\r'</list_separator>
+    <list_separator>' '</list_separator>
   </flag>


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FAIL: testWriteHelpInXMLFormat (__main__.WriteHelpInXMLFormatTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "gflags_helpxml_test.py", line 527, in testWriteHelpInXMLFormat
    self.assertMultiLineEqual(actual_output, expected_output)
  File "/mnt/gen2/TmpDir/portage/dev-python/python-gflags-2.0/work/python-gflags-2.0/tests/gflags_googletest.py", line 104, in assertMultiLineEqual
    unittest.TestCase.assertMultiLineEqual(self, expected, actual)
AssertionError: '<?xml version="1.0"?>\n<AllFlags>\n  
<program>gflags_helpxml_test.py</program>\ [truncated]... != '<?xml 
version="1.0"?>\n<AllFlags>\n  <program>gflags_helpxml_test.py</program>\ 
[truncated]...
Diff is 5042 characters long. Set self.maxDiff to None to see it.

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Ran 13 tests in 0.041s

FAILED (failures=2)

dev-python/python-gflags $ PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" ebuild  
python-gflags-2.0.ebuild clean test

yields

>>> Source compiled.
 * python2_7: running distutils-r1_run_phase python_test
.............
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Ran 13 tests in 0.015s

OK
.........E......EEEWarning: Hit circular flagfile dependency: 
/mnt/gen2/TmpDir/portage/dev-python/python-gflags-2.0/temp/python2.7/gflags_unit
testuxxTfV/UnitTestFile3.tst
EEEEE..E.EEF.........
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Log attached for py2.7

Original issue reported on code.google.com by del...@iinet.com.au on 4 Jul 2013 at 2:26

Attachments:

• python-gflags-2.0_build.log

[gpshead]

python-gflags users should migrate to absl-py:
https://github.com/abseil/abseil-py
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/absl-py/

It is the modern version of this library.