test_file2k.py depends on sys.stdin being unseekable

[xnox]

BPO	23168
Nosy	@vstinner, @xnox
Files	issue23168.patch

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title = 'test_file2k.py depends on sys.stdin being unseekable'
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[xnox]

# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd` ./python Lib/test/regrtest.py test_file2k </dev/null
[1/1] test_file2k
test test_file2k failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/builddir/build/BUILD/Python-2.7.9/Lib/test/test_file2k.py", line 236, in testStdin
    self.assertRaises(IOError, sys.stdin.seek, -1)
AssertionError: IOError not raised

1 test failed:
test_file2k

I believe this is similar issue to http://bugs.python.org/issue14853

[vstinner]

Removing a test when it doesn't pass is not the correct way to fix a test...

I would be better to write it differently to support seekable stdin. Or if it doesn't make sense, skip the test if stdin is seeable.

[xnox]

Removing a test when it doesn't pass is not the correct way to fix a test...

Whilst I agree, this is not what was done in http://bugs.python.org/issue14853 . There it was concluded that the test itself is bogus and tests essentially nothing.

[python-dev]

New changeset 7f30206d402f by Victor Stinner in branch '2.7':
Issue bpo-23168: skip sys.stdin.seek() test if stdin is not a TTY
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/7f30206d402f

[vstinner]

Instead of removing the test, I modified it to be skipped if stdin is not a TTY.