[issue8710] test_xpickle: compat tests: workaround for missing test_support

Stefan Krah added the comment: Right, Debian's solution is quite reasonable. Closing as wont_fix. -- resolution: -> wont fix stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue8710] test_xpickle: compat tests: workaround for missing test_support

Éric Araujo added the comment: I think this is a distro bug. Debian for example does not ship tests but has test.__init__, regrtest and test_support. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue8710] test_xpickle: compat tests: workaround for missing test_support

Stefan Krah added the comment: The compat tests check that pickling in the newly compiled Python version is compatible with pickling in installed Python versions. The installed versions may or may not have a test directory. For example, the 2.6 port in OpenBSD does not have the test directory.

[issue8710] test_xpickle: compat tests: workaround for missing test_support

Éric Araujo added the comment: I don’t understand your installation. Do you have some parts of the test infrastructure but not test_support? Why? -- nosy: +merwok ___ Python tracker ___

[issue8710] test_xpickle: compat tests: workaround for missing test_support

New submission from Stefan Krah : When the system python does not have the Lib/test directory, the compat tests are failing. == ERROR: test_attribute_name_interning (test.test_xpickle.CPicklePython26Compat)