[py-dev] output collect failure i dont quiete get

[Ronny Pfannschmidt]

hi,

while investigating some failing tests for pidas vim integration i
discovered that somehow some output is missing

for comparisation

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
$ py.test
pida::editors::vim::test_pidavim.py::TestVim::test_append_text_at_cursor
inserting into sys.path: /home/ronny/Projects/py
============================= test session starts
==============================
python: platform linux2 -- Python 2.6.4 -- pytest-1.2.0a1
test object 1:
pida::editors::vim::test_pidavim.py::TestVim::test_append_text_at_cursor

pida/editors/vim/test_pidavim.py E

==================================== ERRORS
====================================
_____________ ERROR at setup of TestVim.test_append_text_at_cursor
_____________

self = <pida.editors.vim.test_pidavim.TestVim object at 0x1874b50>
method = <bound method TestVim.test_append_text_at_cursor of
<pida.editors.vim.test_pidavim.TestVim object at 0x1874b50>>

    def setup_method(self, method=None):
        self.vim_process = _start_vim()
        time.sleep(1)
>       self.vim = get_vim('pidatest')

pida/editors/vim/test_pidavim.py:51: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ 

uid = 'pidatest'

    def get_vim(uid):
        session = dbus.SessionBus()
        for _try in range(10):
            try:
                log.debug('trying vim connect #%s', _try)
                return session.get_object(get_bus_name(uid), '/vim')
            except dbus.DBusException:
                log.debug('vim connect failed, retrying')
                time.sleep(0.1)
>       raise RuntimeError('Vim Connect Failed')
E       RuntimeError: Vim Connect Failed

pida/editors/vim/client.py:39: RuntimeError
------------------------------- Captured stdout
--------------------------------
Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV

Vim: Finished.

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
$ nosetests
pida.editors.vim.test_pidavim:TestVim.test_append_text_at_cursor
beginning vim startup
modules loaded
get uuid
make service
made service
setup gui
done setup gui
Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV
Vim: Finished.
E
======================================================================
ERROR: pida.editors.vim.test_pidavim.TestVim.test_append_text_at_cursor
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 364, in
setUp
    try_run(self.inst, ('setup', 'setUp'))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/nose/util.py", line 487, in
try_run
    return func()
  File
"/home/ronny/Projects/pida/main/pida/editors/vim/test_pidavim.py", line
51, in setup_method
    self.vim = get_vim('pidatest')
  File "/home/ronny/Projects/pida/main/pida/editors/vim/client.py", line
39, in get_vim
    raise RuntimeError('Vim Connect Failed')
RuntimeError: Vim Connect Failed

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 2.051s

FAILED (errors=1)
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i suppose this relates to py.test's output captureing and vim's
behaviour wrt not having a pty

any idea how to work around that without just disableing the captureing?

Regards Ronny