[Python-Dev] /trunk test_distutils failing on Mac OS X 10.5

[Tarek Ziadé]

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 6:32 PM, C. Titus Brown <ctb at msu.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> /trunk test_distutils is failing with the following error on Mac OS X 10.5:
>
> Here's the error:
>
> test_distutils
> test test_distutils failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
> File
> "/private/tmp/tmp8UfLPT/python27/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py",
> line 342, in test_make_distribution_owner_group
>    self.assertEquals(member.gid, os.getgid())
> AssertionError: 0 != 20
>
> It has been a problem for over a week, perhaps longer.  I've filed it as:
>
>        http://bugs.python.org/issue7408


I don't have this problem on my own Mac OS 10.5, I am investigating,

>
> ... So why am I posting this to python-dev?
>
> I went to double-check this on the buildbots and noticed that there
> aren't any Mac OS X buildbots.

I thought we had one at some point,

> I would be happy to give one or two
> people remote access to my Mac OS X 10.5 iMac if someone wanted to
> set up a buildbot and/or debug this issue further.
>
> Tarek, I can give you access immediately through your lyorn account, too.

Please, yes that would be awesome

Thank you