Pyton 2.3.4 Make Test Fails on Mac OS X

[dekiefer]

BPO	970799
Nosy	@brettcannon, @jackjansen

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assignee = 'https://github.com/brettcannon'
closed_at = <Date 2004-08-07.19:11:13.000>
created_at = <Date 2004-06-10.23:42:11.000>
labels = ['build', 'invalid']
title = 'Pyton 2.3.4 Make Test Fails on Mac OS X'
updated_at = <Date 2004-08-07.19:11:13.000>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/dekiefer'

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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue970799'
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[dekiefer]

Under Mac OSX 10.3.4 with latest security update.
Power Mac G4 733MHz

Trying to install Zope 2.7.0 with Python 2.3.4.

I first used fink to install 2.3.4 but Zope could find module 'os' to
import.

I then followed the instructions at:
http://zope.org/Members/jens/docs/Document.2003-12-27.2431/
document_view to install Python with the default configure.

Unlike under fink, doing this allowed me to run 'make test'. It too
noted import problems for 'os' and 'site'.

test_tempfile
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Volumes/Spielen/Python-2.3.4/Lib/test/tf_inherit_check.py", 
line 6, in ?
    import os
ImportError: No module named os
test test_tempfile failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Volumes/Spielen/Python-2.3.4/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py", 
line 307, in test_noinherit
    self.failIf(retval > 0, "child process reports failure")
  File "/Volumes/Spielen/Python-2.3.4/Lib/unittest.py", line 274, in 
failIf
    if expr: raise self.failureException, msg
AssertionError: child process reports failure


test_atexit
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "@test.py", line 1, in ?
    import atexit
ImportError: No module named atexit
test test_atexit failed -- '' == "handler2 (7,) {'kw': 'abc'}\nhandler2 
() {}\nhandler1\n"
test_audioop

---

test_poll skipped -- select.poll not defined -- skipping test_poll
test_popen
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
test_popen2

-------------------
229 tests OK.
2 tests failed:
test_atexit test_tempfile
24 tests skipped:
test_al test_bsddb3 test_cd test_cl test_curses test_dl
test_email_codecs test_gl test_imgfile test_largefile
test_linuxaudiodev test_locale test_nis test_normalization
test_ossaudiodev test_pep277 test_poll test_socket_ssl
test_socketserver test_sunaudiodev test_timeout test_urllibnet
test_winreg test_winsound
Those skips are all expected on darwin.
make: *** [test] Error 1
deksmacintosh:3->

[brettcannon]

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Do you get these failures if you compile Python from scratch instead of
using Fink? How about running the tests directly?

I suspect the test_atexit failure is a Fink-specific issue and the
test_tempfile failure was just a timing quirk since it has a threaded and
that can make it sensitive to timing.

[dekiefer]

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Do you get these failures if you compile Python from scratch
instead of using Fink? How about running the tests directly?

See above, the second time I installed without fink and ran the tests
directly. The errors are from 'make test' done without fink.

[jackjansen]

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My guess is that something in your environment is messing things up.
Various of the tests that give the "import site failed" message use
subprocesses.

What I tend to do to debug issues like this is create a new dummy user
(I tend to use the short name "luser" and the long name "Bill Gates":-),
unpack a fresh distribution under that account and try building.

[dekiefer]

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Thanks Jack, I'll try that.

[brettcannon]

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OK, since we have not heard from dekiefer in over a month I am closing
this bug.