On 2 Aug, 2011, at 4:22, R. David Murray wrote: > On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:22:03 +0200, stefan.krah <python-check...@python.org> > wrote: >> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/68b5f87566fb >> changeset: 71683:68b5f87566fb >> branch: 3.2 >> parent: 71679:1f9ca1819d7c >> user: Stefan Krah <sk...@bytereef.org> >> date: Tue Aug 02 01:06:16 2011 +0200 >> summary: >> Skip test_getsetlocale_issue1813() on Fedora due to setlocale() bug. >> See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726536 >> >> files: >> Lib/test/test_locale.py | 3 +++ >> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >> >> >> diff --git a/Lib/test/test_locale.py b/Lib/test/test_locale.py >> --- a/Lib/test/test_locale.py >> +++ b/Lib/test/test_locale.py >> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ >> from test.support import run_unittest, verbose >> +from platform import linux_distribution >> import unittest >> import locale >> import sys >> @@ -391,6 +392,8 @@ >> # crasher from bug #7419 >> self.assertRaises(locale.Error, locale.setlocale, 12345) >> >> + @unittest.skipIf(linux_distribution()[0] == 'Fedora', "Fedora >> setlocale() " >> + "bug: >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726536";) >> def test_getsetlocale_issue1813(self): >> # Issue #1813: setting and getting the locale under a Turkish locale >> oldlocale = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE) > > Why 'Fedora'? This bug affects more than just Fedora: as I reported on > the issue, I'm seeing it on Gentoo as well. (Also, including the issue > number in the commit message is helpful). > > Note that since the bug report says that "Gentoo has been including this > fix for two years", the fact that it is failing on my Gentoo system > would seem to indicate that something about the fix is not right. > > So, I'm not sure this skip is even valid. I'm not sure we've finished > diagnosing the bug. > > If there are any helpful tests I can run on Gentoo, please let me know.
Wouldn't it be better to mark this as an expected failure on the affected platforms? Skipping the test unconditionally will skip the test even when Fedora gets around to fixing this issue. Ronald > > -- > R. David Murray http://www.bitdance.com > _______________________________________________ > 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/ronaldoussoren%40mac.com
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