On 9/21/06, Grig Gheorghiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/21/06, Jack Diederich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 03:28:04PM -0700, Grig Gheorghiu wrote: > > > On 9/21/06, Jack Diederich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The python binary is out of step with the test_itertools.py version. > > > > You can generate this same error on your own box by reverting the > > > > change to itertoolsmodule.c but leaving the new test in > > > > test_itertools.py > > > > > > > > I don't know why this only happened on that OSX buildslave > > > > > > Not sure what you mean by out of step. The binary was built out of the > > > very latest itertoolsmodule.c, and test_itertools.py was also updated > > > from svn. So they're both in sync IMO. That tests passes successfully > > > on all the other buildslaves in the Pybots farm (x86 Ubuntu, Debian, > > > Gentoo, RH9, AMD-64 Ubuntu) > > > > > > > When I saw the failure, first I cursed (a lot). Then I followed the repr > > all the way down into stringobject.c, no dice. Then I noticed that the > > failure is exactly what you get if the test was updated but the old > > module wasn't. > > > > Faced with the choice of believing in a really strange platform specific > > bug in a commonly used routine that resulted in exactly the failure caused > > by one of the two files being updated or believing a failure occurred in the > > long chain of networks, disks, file systems, build tools, and operating > > systems that would result in only one of the files being updated - > > I went with the latter. > > > > I'll continue in my belief until my dying day or until someone with OSX > > confirms it is a bug, whichever comes first. > > > > not-gonna-sweat-it-ly, > > > > -Jack > > _______________________________________________ > > OK, sorry for having caused you so much grief....I'll investigate some > more on the Pybots side and I'll let you know what I find. > > Grig >
Actually, that test fails also in the official Python buildbot farm, on a g4 osx machine. See http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/trunk/g4%20osx.4%20trunk/builds/1449/step-test/0 So it looks like it's an OS X specific issue. Grig _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
