[Python-bugs-list] test failed: test_popen2 (PR#49)

[guido@CNRI.Reston.VA.US]

> Ran  ./python ./Lib/test/test_popen2.py
> testing popen2...
> testing popen3...
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "./Lib/test/test_popen2.py", line 16, in ?
>     main()
>   File "./Lib/test/test_popen2.py", line 14, in main
>     popen2._test()
>   File "./Lib/popen2.py", line 95, in _test
>     assert not _active
> AssertionError

Thanks for reporting.  This was fixed soon after 1.5.2 was released
but the fix was only publicized in the CVS tree.  Here's the fix:

Index: popen2.py
===================================================================
RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/python/dist/src/Lib/popen2.py,v
retrieving revision 1.7
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -c -r1.7 -r1.8
*** popen2.py	1998/03/26 21:12:36	1.7
--- popen2.py	1999/04/20 12:27:31	1.8
***************
*** 91,97 ****
      w.close()
      assert r.read() == teststr
      assert e.read() == ""
!     _cleanup()
      assert not _active
      print "All OK"
  
--- 91,98 ----
      w.close()
      assert r.read() == teststr
      assert e.read() == ""
!     for inst in _active[:]:
!         inst.wait()
      assert not _active
      print "All OK"
  

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