Windows has no fork. I do not think we have ever run tests on windows. Try with cygwin
On Monday, 20 January 2014 23:16:12 UTC-6, Kiran Subbaraman wrote: > > Hello, > I was trying to figure out how to run tests against web2py (in the case > where I contribute changes to web2py). > Ran > python web2py.py --help > > > This listed --run-system-tests as an option > > Ran this, and this is the output I see (I have to kill the process; unable > to stop it otherwise) > > testInvalidUrls (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsGenericUrl) ... ok > testPrepending (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsGenericUrl) ... ok > testValidUrls (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsGenericUrl) ... ok > testInvalidUrls (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsHttpUrl) ... ok > testPrepending (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsHttpUrl) ... ok > testValidUrls (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsHttpUrl) ... ok > testExceptionalUse (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsUrl) ... ok > testModeGeneric (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsUrl) ... ok > testModeHttp (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsUrl) ... ok > testRun (gluon.tests.test_dal.TestJoin) ... ok > test_reads_and_writes (gluon.tests.test_languages.TestLanguagesParallel) > ... Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 380, in main > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > prepare(preparation_data) > File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 380, in main > File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 488, in prepare > prepare(preparation_data) > assert main_name not in sys.modules, main_name > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 488, in prepare > AssertionError File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 380, in main > Traceback (most recent call last): > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > : File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 380, in main > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > Traceback (most recent call last): > assert main_name not in sys.modules, main_name > Traceback (most recent call last): > _ File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 380, in main > prepare(preparation_data) > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > prepare(preparation_data) > AssertionErrorTraceback (most recent call last): > _main__ File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py",line > 380, in main > prepare(preparation_data) > File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 488, in prepare > : File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 488, in prepare > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 380, in main > File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 488, in prepare > _prepare(preparation_data) > File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line > 380, in main > > > I am running these tests on Window 8.1, from within the power-shell. I am > suspecting this is an OS related issue; where I need to run the tests on a > *nix box? > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

