[Python-Dev] problem installing current cvs - TabError

[Gregory P. Smith]

On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 08:49:11PM +0200, Irmen de Jong wrote:
> furthermore the 'make install' of current cvs fails halfway trough
> with the following errors:
> 
>    .....
>    .....
> Compiling /opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_associate.py ...
> Sorry: TabError: ('inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation', 
> ('/opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_associate.py', 97, 23, '\t 
> os.mkdir(homeDir)\n'))
> Compiling /opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_basics.py ...
> Sorry: TabError: ('inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation', 
> ('/opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_basics.py', 400, 26, '\t    if 
> get_raises_error:\n'))
> Compiling /opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_compare.py ...
> Sorry: TabError: ('inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation', 
> ('/opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_compare.py', 167, 5, '\t"""\n'))
>    .....
>    .....
> Compiling /opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_recno.py ...
> Sorry: TabError: ('inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation', 
> ('/opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_recno.py', 38, 46, '\tget_returns_none = 
> d.set_get_returns_none(2)\n'))
>    .....
>    .....
> make: *** [libinstall] Error 1
> $
> 
> And then it quits.
> Fixing the tab indentation errors locally makes the problem go away.

ugh.  this may be the result of me working on those files recently
without my usual .vimrc in place.  i'll take a look.  regardless,
where is the TabError coming from?  those files are all valid python
even if they do have an annoying mix of spaces and tabs.

major gripe to -dev: a 'make install' of the full cvs tree should not
be required to test that some changes to existing .py files that pass
their tests (in this case they -are- the tests) are ok to check in.

Greg