[paramiko 1.16.0] running test.py generates failures

[jbouse]

I'm working to build the 1.16.0 Debian packages and keep hitting my head up against these test failures. Looking for any assistance to point towards what could possibly be going on so I can resolve the issue.

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ERROR: test_K_utf8 (tests.test_sftp.SFTPTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/tests/test_sftp.py", line 171, in tearDown
    sftp.rmdir(FOLDER)
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 390, in rmdir
    self._request(CMD_RMDIR, path)
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 730, in _request
    return self._read_response(num)
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 777, in _read_response
    self._convert_status(msg)
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 807, in _convert_status
    raise IOError(text)
IOError: Failure

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ERROR: test_L_utf8_chdir (tests.test_sftp.SFTPTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/tests/test_sftp.py", line 679, in test_L_utf8_chdir
    sftp.mkdir(FOLDER + '/' + unicode_folder)
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 380, in mkdir
    self._request(CMD_MKDIR, path, attr)
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 730, in _request
    return self._read_response(num)
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 777, in _read_response
    self._convert_status(msg)
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/paramiko/sftp_client.py", line 807, in _convert_status
    raise IOError(text)
IOError: Failure

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FAIL: test_K_utf8 (tests.test_sftp.SFTPTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/tests/test_sftp.py", line 675, in test_K_utf8
    self.fail('exception ' + str(e))
AssertionError: exception Failure

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FAIL: test_O_getcwd (tests.test_sftp.SFTPTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/buildd/paramiko-1.16.0/tests/test_sftp.py", line 735, in test_O_getcwd
    self.assertEqual(None, sftp.getcwd())
AssertionError: None != u'/'

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Ran 153 tests in 75.523s

FAILED (failures=2, errors=2)