Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:
Starting from issue11560 test_shutil patches os.rename to imitate a failure in
cross-file-system move.
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nosy: +serhiy.storchaka
resolution: -> out of date
stage: needs patch -> resolved
status: open -> closed
Mark Lawrence added the comment:
Would you like to take this forward, or has it already happened but not been
documented here?
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nosy: +BreamoreBoy
versions: +Python 3.4, Python 3.5 -Python 3.1, Python 3.2
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Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment:
Unfortunately I don't currently have a suggestion for how to reliably
create a cross-file-system link for testing purposes.
We could try walking a list of common mount points (/run, /dev, /tmp, /home,
etc.), compiled from as many OSes as
Changes by Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org:
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nosy: +eric.araujo
title: test_shutil cross-file-system tests are fragile (may not test what they
pruport to test) - test_shutil cross-file-system tests are fragile (may not
test what they purport to test)
