[New-bugs-announce] [issue25099] test_compileall fails when run by unprivileged user on installed Python

[Zachary Ware]

New submission from Zachary Ware:

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FAIL: test_no_args_respects_force_flag (test.test_compileall.CommandLineTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\Python 3.5\lib\test\test_compileall.py", line 229, in test_no_args_respects_force_flag
    self.assertRunOK('-f', PYTHONPATH=self.directory)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python 3.5\lib\test\test_compileall.py", line 179, in assertRunOK
    *self._get_run_args(args), **env_vars)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python 3.5\lib\test\support\script_helper.py", line 135, in assert_python_ok
    return _assert_python(True, *args, **env_vars)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python 3.5\lib\test\support\script_helper.py", line 121, in _assert_python
    err))
AssertionError: Process return code is 1
command line: ['C:\\Program Files\\Python 3.5\\python.exe', '-X', 'faulthandler', '-S', '-m', 'compileall', '-f']

stdout:
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(... truncated stdout ...)rror: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Program Files\\Python 3.5\\lib\\__pycache__\\sre_compile.cpython-35.pyc.978608563184'
Compiling 'C:\\Program Files\\Python 3.5\\lib\\sre_constants.py'...

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No such problem on installed 3.4.3.

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components: Tests, Windows
messages: 250614
nosy: paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: test_compileall fails when run by unprivileged user on installed Python
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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