[Python-Dev] test_distutils failing in 3 ways today

[Tim Peters]

This is on Windows.  I've heard that it fails on Linux too.  Who isn't
running the test suite?  A reminder:  with lots of people trying to
make changes at once, it's essential to run all tests before checking
in.

C:\Code\python\PCbuild>python ../lib/test/test_distutils.py
test_package_data (distutils.tests.test_build_py.BuildPyTestCase) ... ok
test_build (distutils.tests.test_build_scripts.BuildScriptsTestCase) ... ERROR
test_default_settings
(distutils.tests.test_build_scripts.BuildScriptsTestCase) ... ERROR
test_command_packages_cmdline
(distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_command_packages_configfile
(distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_command_packages_unspecified
(distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok
test_home_installation_scheme
(distutils.tests.test_install.InstallTestCase) ... ok
test_default_settings
(distutils.tests.test_install_scripts.InstallScriptsTestCase) ... ok
test_installation
(distutils.tests.test_install_scripts.InstallScriptsTestCase) ... ok

======================================================================
ERROR: test_build (distutils.tests.test_build_scripts.BuildScriptsTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Code\python\lib\distutils\tests\test_build_scripts.py",
line 34, in test_build
    cmd.finalize_options()
  File "C:\Code\python\lib\distutils\command\build_scripts.py", line
44, in finalize_options
    ('executable', 'executable'))
  File "C:\Code\python\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 309, in set_undefined_options
    getattr(src_cmd_obj, src_option))
AttributeError: DummyCommand instance has no attribute 'executable'

======================================================================
ERROR: test_default_settings
(distutils.tests.test_build_scripts.BuildScriptsTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Code\python\lib\distutils\tests\test_build_scripts.py",
line 21, in test_default_settings
    cmd.finalize_options()
  File "C:\Code\python\lib\distutils\command\build_scripts.py", line
44, in finalize_options
    ('executable', 'executable'))
  File "C:\Code\python\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 309, in set_undefined_options
    getattr(src_cmd_obj, src_option))
AttributeError: DummyCommand instance has no attribute 'executable'

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 9 tests in 0.156s

FAILED (errors=2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "../lib/test/test_distutils.py", line 17, in ?
    test_main()
  File "../lib/test/test_distutils.py", line 13, in test_main
    test.test_support.run_unittest(distutils.tests.test_suite())
  File "C:\Code\python\lib\test\test_support.py", line 290, in run_unittest
    run_suite(suite, testclass)
  File "C:\Code\python\lib\test\test_support.py", line 272, in run_suite
    msg = "errors occurred in %s.%s" \
AttributeError: 'TestSuite' object has no attribute '__name__'

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