[Python-Dev] test module availability on different Python implementations (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon Jan 14 19:46:40 CET 2008

The test package is much older than Python 2.4, but many Python distros exclude it from their default configuration. Perhaps there is a way to add it back; on many Linux-based systems running apt-get or yum with the appropriate arguments is all it takes. Sorry, I can't help you with the appropriate parameters, since every distro does it differently.

--Guido

On Jan 14, 2008 10:00 AM, Giampaolo Rodola' <gnewsg at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, Today I received a report from a guy who tried to run the test suite of a module of mine. The test suite uses the test module for running tests, for temporary files support and for doing a bunch of other things. He tested it on CentOS 5 and looks like python 2.5.1 includes the test module but python 2.4.3 does not:

[root at dell test]# python2.4 testftpd.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "testftpd.py", line 37, in ? from test import testsupport ImportError: No module named test Another guy reported the same thing by having tried to run the test suite against a Windows mobile OS equipped with PythonCE 2.4 where the test module seems to be not available too. I was wondering if there was someone aware of this problem.

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