access denied for HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA

[jkloth]

BPO	15334
Nosy	@pitrou, @tjguk, @jkloth, @briancurtin
Files	winreg-2.x.diff: Patch for Python 2.7 winreg-3.x.diff: Patch for Python 3.2+

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2012-07-13.23:23:20.511>
created_at = <Date 2012-07-12.16:24:12.287>
labels = ['type-bug', 'tests', 'OS-windows']
title = 'access denied for HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA'
updated_at = <Date 2012-07-13.23:23:20.510>
user = 'https://github.com/jkloth'

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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue15334'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2', 'Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4']

[jkloth]

The registry key HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA is not accessible for non-interactive users (e.g., buildbot as a service).

The following patches skip the offending test when the tests unless the they are run from an interactive session.

[python-dev]

New changeset ec2caf810e5e by Antoine Pitrou in branch '3.2':
Issue bpo-15334: skip test_dynamic_key when run in non-interactive mode.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ec2caf810e5e

[python-dev]

New changeset 1242ed59573e by Antoine Pitrou in branch 'default':
Issue bpo-15334: skip test_dynamic_key when run in non-interactive mode.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1242ed59573e

[python-dev]

New changeset 9bbc4900301c by Antoine Pitrou in branch '2.7':
Issue bpo-15334: skip test_dynamic_key when run in non-interactive mode.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9bbc4900301c

[pitrou]

Apparently the patch didn't work:
http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/AMD64%20Windows7%20SP1%203.x/builds/290/steps/test/logs/stdio

[tjguk]

Take the other approach and catch ACCESS_DENIED and skip?

[python-dev]

New changeset 814927ff4ef2 by Antoine Pitrou in branch '2.7':
Try other approach to fix issue bpo-15334.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/814927ff4ef2

[tjguk]

(I just ran up a service and its environ does include PROMPT, at least
on an XP machine)

[python-dev]

New changeset dad89e7479e8 by Antoine Pitrou in branch '3.2':
Try other approach to fix issue bpo-15334.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/dad89e7479e8

New changeset b4e4c57637cf by Antoine Pitrou in branch 'default':
Try other approach to fix issue bpo-15334.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b4e4c57637cf

[pitrou]

It worked!