[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r46005 - in python/trunk: Lib/tarfile.py Lib/test/test_tarfile.py Misc/NEWS

Mon May 15 23:21:10 CEST 2006

[Tim]
> "Something went wrong" here on Windows. The Windows buildbot slaves
> other than mine eventually died with:
>> """
> ...
> test_tarfile
>> command timed out: 1200 seconds without output
> """:
>> I was working on my box at the time, and it became dramatically
> unusable: took about two minutes just to swap enough of the OS back
> in to _bring up_ Task Manager to see what was going on. ...

OK, I fixed that, but unfortunately the checkin comment was correct:
 The Windows buildbot slaves shouldn't swap themselves to death
 anymore. However, test_tarfile may still fail because of a
 temp directory left behind from a previous failing run.
 Windows buildbot owners may need to remove that directory
 by hand.
I did that on my box, and test_tarfile passes there now, but
test_tarfile is still failing on other Windows slaves; e.g.,
http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/x86%20W2k%20trunk/builds/694/step-test/0
...
WindowsError: [Error 183] Cannot create a file when that file already exists:
 'c:\\docume~1\\trentm~1.act\\locals~1\\temp\\testtar.dir\\directory'