test_telnet exception

[pitrou]

BPO	10522
Nosy	@pitrou, @jackdied

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2012-03-13.17:51:56.309>
created_at = <Date 2010-11-24.15:30:58.962>
labels = ['type-bug', 'tests']
title = 'test_telnet exception'
updated_at = <Date 2012-03-13.17:51:56.308>
user = 'https://github.com/pitrou'

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closed_date = <Date 2012-03-13.17:51:56.309>
closer = 'jackdied'
components = ['Tests']
creation = <Date 2010-11-24.15:30:58.962>
creator = 'pitrou'
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hgrepos = []
issue_num = 10522
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'out of date'
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue10522'
versions = ['Python 2.7']

[pitrou]

This has just occurred on the Solaris buildbot:

test_telnetlib
Exception in thread Thread-452:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home2/buildbot/slave/2.7.loewis-sun/build/Lib/threading.py", line 530, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/home2/buildbot/slave/2.7.loewis-sun/build/Lib/threading.py", line 483, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/home2/buildbot/slave/2.7.loewis-sun/build/Lib/test/test_telnetlib.py", line 41, in server
    conn.close()
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'conn' referenced before assignment

[jackdied]

Either someone changed the test or I can't understand how the try/except/else could happen where 'conn' is undefined in the else. Either way, I'm marking it closed.