Fix ptest regression in python-daemon on arm64 [Work Item: # 16234]

[Ratiranjan5]

Merge Checklist

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• The toolchain has been rebuilt successfully (or no changes were made to it)
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• sudo make go-tidy-all and sudo make go-test-coverage pass
• Documentation has been updated to match any changes to the build system
• Ready to merge

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Summary

What does the PR accomplish, why was it needed?

• Fixes a python-daemon ptest regression on Azure Linux 3.0 arm64 due to Python 3.12 removal of assertEquals(), by updating the test to use assertEqual().
• Upstream Patch Reference: https://pagure.io/python-daemon/c/f5ed6cdd0a9fa3c0ce6d5b862d10da253945e791.patch

The AI analysis was helpful in correctly identifying the root cause of the ptest failure and indicated that the test failure was caused by the removal of the deprecated unittest.TestCase.assertEquals() API in Python 3.12 and recommended updating the test to use assertEqual() instead of asertEquals().
It also confirmed that no changes were needed in the python‑daemon runtime code. The implemented fix aligns with this recommendation.

Change Log

• new file: SPECS/python-daemon/python-daemon-3.0.1-fix-ptest-deprecated-assertEquals-with-assertEqual.patch
• modified: SPECS/python-daemon/python-daemon.spec

Does this affect the toolchain?

NO

Associated issues

• https://dev.azure.com/mariner-org/mariner/_workitems/edit/16234

Links to CVEs

Test Methodology

• Local build was successful.

• Logs:
  python-daemon-3.0.1-2.azl3.src.rpm.log

• Patch applies cleanly.

[bhagyapathak]

Buddy Build - https://dev.azure.com/mariner-org/mariner/_build/results?buildId=1055885&view=results

[Ratiranjan5]

Buddy Build - https://dev.azure.com/mariner-org/mariner/_build/results?buildId=1055885&view=results

The buddy build has passed on the arm64 architecture as well.

[bhagyapathak]

Can you check this patch is merged in which version of python-daemon, trying to figure out if minor upgrade will fix this?

[Kanishk-Bansal]

version 3.0.2 has been yanked from PyPI

[Kanishk-Bansal]

Patch LGTM, it fixes the ptest.
although no breaking changes at v3.1.1, but it is relatively a larger jump.
For now we can proceed with this change

[kgodara912]

Minor correction in test file to address test failure for updated function name, no functionality change. Buddy build is successful. LGTM.