[Python-Dev] doc tests failing

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Fri Nov 13 10:12:32 EST 2015


What am I doing wrong?

I have tried:

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hg update 3.5  # and hg update default
make distclean && ./configure --with-pydebug && make -j2
cd Doc
make doctest
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and in both cases I get page after page of errors.  I have tried 
installing python-sphinx and python3-sphinx; I have tried adding 
PYTHON=../python and PYTHON=python3 to the `make doctest` line -- all to 
no avail.

Here's a random sample of the errors:

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File "library/shlex.rst", line ?, in default
Failed example:
     remote_command
Exception raised:
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "/usr/lib/python2.7/doctest.py", line 1315, in __run
         compileflags, 1) in test.globs
       File "<doctest default[1]>", line 1, in <module>
         remote_command
     NameError: name 'remote_command' is not defined

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File "howto/sorting.rst", line ?, in default
Failed example:
     sorted([5, 2, 4, 1, 3], cmp=numeric_compare)
Exception raised:
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "/usr/lib/python2.7/doctest.py", line 1315, in __run
         compileflags, 1) in test.globs
       File "<doctest default[1]>", line 1, in <module>
         sorted([5, 2, 4, 1, 3], cmp=numeric_compare)
     NameError: name 'numeric_compare' is not defined

**********************************************************************
File "library/ipaddress.rst", line ?, in default
Failed example:
     n2 = ip_network('192.0.2.1/32')
Exception raised:
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "/usr/lib/python2.7/doctest.py", line 1315, in __run
         compileflags, 1) in test.globs
       File "<doctest default[1]>", line 1, in <module>
         n2 = ip_network('192.0.2.1/32')
     NameError: name 'ip_network' is not defined

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~Ethan~


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