[Pythonmac-SIG] python 2.3.4 framework installation: test_macostools failed

[Sven Hilmahr]

On Sep 25, 2004 at 16:02 Bob Ippolito wrote:

>
> On Sep 25, 2004, at 4:59 AM, Sven Hilmahr wrote:
>
>> Hello, I'm new on this list. I tried to do a Python 2.3.4 framework 
>> installation on my Mac OS
>> X 10.3.5. I configured as described in the ReadMe:
>>
>> ./configure --enable-framework
>>
>> But on make test, one test failed:
>>
>> test test_macostools failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File 
>> "/Users/sven/Downloads/Python-2.3.4/Lib/test/test_macostools.py",
>> line 78, in test_mkalias_relative
>>     macostools.mkalias(test_support.TESTFN, TESTFN2, sys.prefix)
>>   File 
>> "/Users/sven/Downloads/Python-2.3.4/Lib/plat-mac/macostools.py",
>> line 39, in mkalias
>>     relativefsr = File.FSRef(relative)
>> Error: (-43, 'File not found')
>
> It doesn't sound like a big deal, and I wouldn't worry too much about 
> it at the moment (macostools is rarely used by most people on OS X).  
> The test is probably wrong in some way, Jack would know.
>

Thanks! So I have installed it now. No problems where reported on 
installation.
I am a total beginner and if there is a bug at all I won't run into it 
too soon :)
Thanks, Sven