[Python-Dev] various unix platform build/test issues

[Neal Norwitz]

On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 11:17:04AM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to commit changes to the logging package, but SF has a
> > stale CVS lock for anoncvs_python.  I filed a support request.
> > Hopefully they will have it fixed within a month or two, at least by
> > the time 2.3 is ready to be released.  I don't know if the updates are
> > supposed to fix the test hangs/failures for test_logging.
> 
> I this done now?  (I saw a bunch of checkins to logging stuff.)

Yes, SF cleared the lock.  The tests still fail on some machines.

> (I'm not real excited about the following to subjects, do what you see
> fit.)

These are low priority.  I'll wait for someone to review.

> >   * AIX sorts numbers and strings in a different order than Linux:
> > 
> >         >>> 'ick' >= 0  # Linux
> >         True
> > 
> >         >>> 'ick' >= 0  # AIX
> >         False
> > 
> >      This causes failures for test_descrtut and test_random.
> 
> I have a tentative fix for this (use PyNumber_Check() in
> default_3way_compare() and augment PyNumber_Check() to test whether
> the type defines nb_int).  Can you check this on AIX?  [*]

The patch fixed test_random, but not test_descrtut.  I didn't run the
full test suite.

Neal