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ERROR: test_exist_ok_existing_directory (__main__.MakedirTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "Lib/test/test_os.py", line 842, in test_exist_ok_existing_directory
 os.makedirs(path, mode=mode, exist_ok=True)
 File "/home/greg/sandbox/python/cpython/default/Lib/os.py", line 161, in makedirs
 mkdir(name, mode)
FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists (mode 0o2755 != desired mode 0o755): '@test_4027_tmp/dir1'
(I modified os.makedirs to add the info on the mode differences above to highlight the source of the problem)
0o2000 is the S_ISGID bit on a directory which is a "contagious" bit that is automatically copied onto subdirectories. os.makedirs is not expecting to find it so exist_ok does not work as desired.
Workaround: Don't run the Python test suite from a directory with that bit set.
I think the os.makedirs() behavior should be to ignore bits that can appear regardless of the umask as it makes exist_ok=True useless in that situation.