On Sunday 16 December 2012 01:33:35 Terry Reedy did opine: > On 12/15/2012 9:59 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > This is 2.6, on ubuntu-10.04.4 LTS > > > > gene@lathe:/usr/lib/python2.6/test$ python -m test.regrtest > > That should be the right incantation for 2.6. > > > test_grammar > > test_grammar skipped -- No module named test_grammar > > test_opcodes > > test_opcodes skipped -- No module named test_opcodes > > test_dict > > test_dict skipped -- No module named test_dict > > test_builtin > > You appear to have some of /Lib/test/ present, including > Lib/test/regrtest.py, but not move of the test_xxx.py files. I do not > know what is normal for an Ubuntu distribution. On Windows, I believe it > is all or nothing. /usr/lib/test? gene@lathe:/usr/lib/python2.6$ locate lib/test /opt/libreoffice3.5/program/python-core-2.6.1/lib/idlelib/testcode.py /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/launchpadlib/testing /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/launchpadlib/tests /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/launchpadlib/testing/__init__.py /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/launchpadlib/testing/__init__.pyc /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/launchpadlib/testing/helpers.py /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/launchpadlib/testing/helpers.pyc /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/launchpadlib/tests/__init__.py /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/launchpadlib/tests/__init__.pyc /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/launchpadlib/tests/test_launchpad.py /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/launchpadlib/tests/test_launchpad.pyc
There are half a dozen or more branches of the python tree that claim to have test things, but the universal answer is: gene@lathe:/usr/lib/python2.6$ cd /usr/share/pyshared/numpy/lib/tests gene@lathe:/usr/share/pyshared/numpy/lib/tests$ python -m test -uall /usr/bin/python: test is a package and cannot be directly executed I have installed several more python 'likely suspects' but have not changed a thing in the results. > > > ImportError: cannot import name test_timeout > > I have no idea why this one gave an exception rather than a skip. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! Human kind cannot bear very much reality. -- T. S. Eliot, "Four Quartets: Burnt Norton" I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list