[Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Issue #11956: Skip test_import.test_unwritable_directory on FreeBSD when run as

Charles-François Natali cf.natali at gmail.com
Tue Oct 4 20:44:43 CEST 2011


>> summary:
>>   Issue #11956: Skip test_import.test_unwritable_directory on FreeBSD when
>>
>>   run as
>> root (directory permissions are ignored).
>
> The same directory permission semantics apply to other (all?)
> BSD-derived systems, not just FreeBSD.  For example, the test still
> fails in the same way on OS X when run via sudo.
>

Thanks, I didn't know: I only noticed this on the FreeBSD buildbots (I
guess OS-X buildbots don't run as root). Note that it does behave as
"expected" on Linux (note the use of quotation marks, I'm not sure
whether this behavior is authorized by POSIX).
I changed the test to skip when the effective UID is 0, regardless of
the OS, to stay on the safe side.


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