[New-bugs-announce] [issue25848] Tkinter tests failed on Windows buildbots

[Serhiy Storchaka]

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka:

Tkinter related tests are failed on 4 of 6 Windows 3.4 buildbots.

http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/AMD64%20Windows7%20SP1%203.4/builds/1418/steps/test/logs/stdio
http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/AMD64%20Windows10%203.4/builds/220/steps/test/logs/stdio
http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/AMD64%20Windows8%203.4/builds/779/steps/test/logs/stdio
http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/AMD64%20Windows8.1%20Non-Debug%203.4/builds/333/steps/test/logs/stdio

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ERROR: setUpModule (test.test_tcl)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\buildbot.python.org\3.4.kloth-win64\build\lib\test\test_tcl.py", line 685, in setUpModule
    tcl = Tcl()
  File "C:\buildbot.python.org\3.4.kloth-win64\build\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 1955, in Tcl
    return Tk(screenName, baseName, className, useTk)
  File "C:\buildbot.python.org\3.4.kloth-win64\build\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 1856, in __init__
    self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use)
_tkinter.TclError: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories: 
    C:/buildbot.python.org/3.4.kloth-win64/build/PCbuild/lib/tcl8.6 C:/buildbot.python.org/3.4.kloth-win64/build/PCbuild/lib/tcl8.6 C:/buildbot.python.org/3.4.kloth-win64/build/lib/tcl8.6 C:/buildbot.python.org/3.4.kloth-win64/build/PCbuild/library C:/buildbot.python.org/3.4.kloth-win64/build/library C:/buildbot.python.org/3.4.kloth-win64/build/tcl8.6.1/library C:/buildbot.python.org/3.4.kloth-win64/tcl8.6.1/library



This probably means that Tcl wasn't installed properly.


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Is this a test suite defect, or there is an issue with using Tkinter on Windows? In latter case this is a release blocker.

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components: Tests, Tkinter, Windows
messages: 256287
nosy: larry, paul.moore, serhiy.storchaka, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: release blocker
severity: normal
status: open
title: Tkinter tests failed on Windows buildbots
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.4

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