Message 259650 - Python tracker

Message259650

Author	vstinner
Recipients	brett.cannon, serhiy.storchaka, vstinner
Date	2016-02-05.09:38:45
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Message-id	<1454665125.97.0.0819805126887.issue26295@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> The directory with test files can be read-only. test_regrtest skips tests which requires to write in Lib/test/ if the write fails. except PermissionError as exc: if not sysconfig.is_python_build(): self.skipTest("cannot write %s: %s" % (path, exc)) > test_regrtest should use temporary directory. Yes! That's the purpose of this issue! But I was unable to find a technical solution to implement this. I need to try harder :-)

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> The directory with test files can be read-only.

test_regrtest skips tests which requires to write in Lib/test/ if the write fails.

        except PermissionError as exc:
            if not sysconfig.is_python_build():
                self.skipTest("cannot write %s: %s" % (path, exc))

> test_regrtest should use temporary directory.

Yes! That's the purpose of this issue!

But I was unable to find a technical solution to implement this. I need to try harder :-)

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Date	User	Action	Args
2016-02-05 09:38:46	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, brett.cannon, serhiy.storchaka
2016-02-05 09:38:45	vstinner	set	messageid: <1454665125.97.0.0819805126887.issue26295@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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