Okay. Even though I know that most people here would probably find it
difficult to give input when MinGW is used to build Python, I am going
to post what I found out so far anyway concerning the test_bz2 situation
for referencing purposes.
Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:
#--- Python 2.5a0 from CVS -#
# Result: passes
$ /g/projs/py25/python/dist/src/MinGW/python testbz2.py
#--- Python 2.4.1 from CVS -#
# Result: fails
$
A.B., Khalid wrote:
#--- Python 2.4.1 from CVS -#
[test_bz2]
RuntimeError: wrong sequence of bz2 library commands used
I don't understand this. The sources for the bz2 modules are exactly equal
in both branches.
I know. Even the tests are equal. I
[Reinhold Birkenfeld]
Could anyone else on Windows please try the test_bz2, too?
test_bz2 works fine here, on WinXP Pro SP2, under release and debug
builds, on current CVS HEAD and on current CVS release24-maint branch.
I built those 4 Pythons with the MS compiler, not MinGW.