[py-dev] py.test error with cygwin update

odonian at gmail.com odonian at gmail.com
Wed Jul 20 22:19:26 CEST 2005


Everything works just fine now with py.test, I am one happy coder. 
Thank you very much holger!  Many future py.test users working on
cygwin will also owe thanks for avoided frustration,

S.A.

On 7/20/05, holger krekel <hpk at trillke.net> wrote:
> Hi S.A.,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 17:18 -0400, odonian at gmail.com wrote:
> > OK, the project is under my home directory (called ~/LENS), and tests
> > are under that as ~/LENS/tests.  Here's the result of your suggestion:
> >
> > Python 2.4.1 (#1, May 27 2005, 18:02:40)
> > [GCC 3.3.3 (cygwin special)] on cygwin
> > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> > >>> import py
> > >>> py.path.local().parts()
> > [local('/'), local('/home'), local('/home/Nonlinear'),
> > local('/home/Nonlinear/LENS')]
> > >>>
> 
> ok, that looks good so far.
> 
> > > > Thanks for the quick help; I did svn up, then setup.py build and
> > > > install.  A different traceback now appears:
> > > > ...
> > > > py.error.UnknownErrno136: [No such host or network path]: stat('//conftest.py',)
> 
> OK, the double-slash is a problem which only triggers a real error on windows
> (on posix systems you can use any number of slashes without problems).
> 
> i think i have fixed that problem now (rev 14834).  can you svn up + retry?
> 
> cheers,
> 
>     holger
> 
>



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