[Python-Dev] Misc. warnings (original) (raw)

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Wed, 08 Jan 2003 10:48:02 +0100

Martin v. L=F6wis wrote:

M.-A. Lemburg wrote: =20

testbsddb3 skipped -- Use of the `bsddb' resource not enabled testossaudiodev skipped -- No module named ossaudiodev 2 skips unexpected on linux2: testossaudiodev testbsddb3

Why would ossaudiodev be expected to work on Linux ? Dito for BSD DB 3 ? =20 =20 Passive voice is misleading here: Who would or would not expect thinks=20 to work on Linux? =20 The message "2 skips unexpected" does not mean that anybody is not=20 expecting something. It merely means that those tests are skipped and=20 not listed in the dictionary "expectations".

So why not list them in _expectations ?

I would personally expect that the bsddb3 test passes if Sleepycat BSD=20 DB is installed on the system (which should be the case on most Linux=20 systems), and the bsddb resource is activated when running regrtest.

I would further expect that ossaudiodev passes on every Linux system=20 that has a soundcard installed.

True, but what those systems which don't come with a Linux supported soundcard or a supported BSD DB installation ?

I'd place the two modules into the _expectations dict and enhance the error messages to:

test_bsddb3 skipped -- No usable Sleepycat BSD DB 3 installation found test_ossaudiodev skipped -- No OSS-compatible soundcard support found

BTW, after inspection I found that SuSE Linux ships with BSD DB 4.0.x. The module name would suggest that this version is not supported. Is that so ?

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