[New-bugs-announce] [issue10235] test_argparse depends on the COLUMNS environment variable

[Antoine Pitrou]

New submission from Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr>:

Changing it can produce failures, e.g.:

$ COLUMNS=178 ./python -m test.regrtest -v test_argparse

This can be seen on one of the buildbots:
http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/builders/PPC%20Leopard%203.x/builds/685/steps/test/logs/stdio

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assignee: bethard
components: Tests
messages: 119931
nosy: bethard, janssen, pitrou
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: test_argparse depends on the COLUMNS environment variable
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2

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