[Python-Dev] Re: Testing the 2.2.2 email pkg (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Sun, 06 Oct 2002 10:19:18 -0400

I note that I see a similar set of errors and failures with Python 2.3, so it appears to be a general problem with the new email package's test suite on Windows, when invoked manually (python Lib/test/testemail.py).

Another thought just struck me. Are we certain that the email test suite is run when you use regrtest? I think not!

[linux]$ time ./python ../Lib/test/test_email.py ....................................................................................................................................................................

Ran 164 tests in 0.899s

OK

real 0m1.136s user 0m1.020s sys 0m0.070s [linux]$ time ./python ../Lib/test/regrtest.py test_email test_email 1 test OK.

real 0m0.248s user 0m0.220s sys 0m0.030s [linux]$

The times of the second run suggest that no tests were run!

So the email regression test (or the email package!) probably has a severe Unix dependency (or Windows deficiency :-) that has never been detected before.

I'll mail the full test output from Windows box next.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)