On Jun 24, 11:42 pm, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > On 06/24/10 08:45 PM, Fran ois Bissey wrote: > > > > >> On 06/24/10 04:14 PM, Adam Webb wrote: > >>> test_distutils passes if I use a plain python 2.6.5 tarball. This is > >>> consistent with the problem being in Sage or at least in the > >>> environment used for building packages. > > >>> Adam > > >> That's interesting! > > >> So far everyone seems to see this. > > >> * You on Scientific Linux > >> * Me on OpenSolaris > >> * Me on Solaris 10 > >> * Alex Ghitza on what I think is probably archlinux though I'm not sure. > >> * Francois on Gentoo. > > > Just to be clear I was pointing that the test is skipped because it > > is known to fail in the "system" package. The snippet I sent is part > > of what is in every gentoo system regardless of whether they use > > sage or not. > > I was pointing out that some python tests are known to fail at the linux > > distro level. > > > Francois > > I wonder if the problem is fixed in Python 2.6.5, since the test passes for > Adam > with 2.6.5. > > The problem with Python in Sage is there are so many patches, that is makes it > difficult to update. Many patches are copied over Python files - I don't know > how carefully these changed files have been updated as python has been > updated, > but some are years old. The chances someone has screwed up during that time is > quite high. > > 'hg log' shows 68 entries. > > Dave
Hi, I did a another test and test_distutils also passes for a plain 2.6.4. In fact, I don't think I have ever seen this one fail. Since my system Python is only 2.4 I have usually have to compile a newer one. Normally, I get failures on modules due to missing devel packages. Naturally failures may vary between distributions. Missing modules may or may not have an impact on Sage. I would not rule out any unexpected side-effects of some old patch though. It is probably a good idea to review the patches to remove anything that is no longer needed. Adam -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
