Jean Brouwers <mrje...@gmail.com> added the comment: Here are the answers to your questions.
% python Python 2.6.2 (r262:71600, Apr 16 2009, 09:17:39) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> f = open('Lib/distutils/command/wininst-6.0.exe') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: 'Lib/distutils/command/wininst-6.0.exe' >>> import os >>> os.path.isdir('Lib/distutils/command/wininst-6.0.exe') True >>> os.stat('Lib/distutils/command/wininst-6.0.exe') posix.stat_result(st_mode=16877, st_ino=6314085L, st_dev=234881026L, st_nlink=2, st_uid=501, st_gid=501, st_size=68L, st_atime=1242244664, st_mtime=1241712622, st_ctime=1241712622) >>> os.stat('Lib/distutils/command') posix.stat_result(st_mode=16877, st_ino=6314060L, st_dev=234881026L, st_nlink=58, st_uid=501, st_gid=501, st_size=1972L, st_atime=1242244781, st_mtime=1242245012, st_ctime=1242245012) But here is the root cause. The Python-3.1b1 files were created by Stuffit Expander ffrom the original Python-3.1b1 tar ball downloaded from the Python website. Changing the Stuffit preferences does not make any difference. However, if that same tar ball is uncompressed by the tar -zxf ... command, there are no directories. Only five simple files, as expected: -rw-r--r-- 1 jean jean 61440 Jul 15 2008 wininst-6.0.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jean jean 65536 Jul 15 2008 wininst-7.1.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jean jean 61440 Jan 20 13:25 wininst-8.0.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jean jean 224256 Jan 29 05:08 wininst-9.0-amd64.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jean jean 196096 Jan 29 05:08 wininst-9.0.exe After removing the directory files (and renaming the *.1.exe to *.exe), the regression tests passes. % ./python.exe ../Python-3.1b1/Lib/test/test_distutils.py test_formats (distutils.tests.test_bdist.BuildTestCase) ... ok test_simple_built (distutils.tests.test_bdist_dumb.BuildDumbTestCase) ... ok test_no_optimize_flag (distutils.tests.test_bdist_rpm.BuildRpmTestCase) ... ok test_quiet (distutils.tests.test_bdist_rpm.BuildRpmTestCase) ... ok test_get_exe_bytes (distutils.tests.test_bdist_wininst.BuildWinInstTestCase) ... ok test_build_libraries (distutils.tests.test_build_clib.BuildCLibTestCase) ... ok test_check_library_dist (distutils.tests.test_build_clib.BuildCLibTestCase) ... ok test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_build_clib.BuildCLibTestCase) ... ok test_get_source_files (distutils.tests.test_build_clib.BuildCLibTestCase) ... ok test_build_ext (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok test_optional_extension (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok test_solaris_enable_shared (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok test_user_site (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase) ... ok test_empty_package_dir (distutils.tests.test_build_py.BuildPyTestCase) ... ok test_package_data (distutils.tests.test_build_py.BuildPyTestCase) ... ok test_build (distutils.tests.test_build_scripts.BuildScriptsTestCase) ... ok test_default_settings (distutils.tests.test_build_scripts.BuildScriptsTestCase) ... ok test_version_int (distutils.tests.test_build_scripts.BuildScriptsTestCase) ... ok test_check_all (distutils.tests.test_check.CheckTestCase) ... ok test_check_document (distutils.tests.test_check.CheckTestCase) ... ok test_check_metadata (distutils.tests.test_check.CheckTestCase) ... ok test_check_restructuredtext (distutils.tests.test_check.CheckTestCase) ... ok test_simple_run (distutils.tests.test_clean.cleanTestCase) ... ok test_dump_options (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok test_ensure_dirname (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok test_ensure_filename (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok test_ensure_string (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok test_ensure_string_list (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok test_make_file (distutils.tests.test_cmd.CommandTestCase) ... ok test_server_empty_registration (distutils.tests.test_config.PyPIRCCommandTestCase) ... ok test_server_registration (distutils.tests.test_config.PyPIRCCommandTestCase) ... ok test_clean (distutils.tests.test_config_cmd.ConfigTestCase) ... ok test_dump_file (distutils.tests.test_config_cmd.ConfigTestCase) ... ok test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_config_cmd.ConfigTestCase) ... ok test_search_cpp (distutils.tests.test_config_cmd.ConfigTestCase) ... ok test_run_setup_provides_file (distutils.tests.test_core.CoreTestCase) ... ok test_run_setup_uses_current_dir (distutils.tests.test_core.CoreTestCase) ... ok test_copy_tree_verbosity (distutils.tests.test_dir_util.DirUtilTestCase) ... ok test_create_tree_verbosity (distutils.tests.test_dir_util.DirUtilTestCase) ... ok test_mkpath_remove_tree_verbosity (distutils.tests.test_dir_util.DirUtilTestCase) ... ok test_command_packages_cmdline (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok test_command_packages_configfile (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok test_command_packages_unspecified (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok test_empty_options (distutils.tests.test_dist.DistributionTestCase) ... ok test_custom_pydistutils (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok test_obsoletes (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok test_obsoletes_illegal (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok test_provides (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok test_provides_illegal (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok test_requires (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok test_requires_illegal (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok test_simple_metadata (distutils.tests.test_dist.MetadataTestCase) ... ok test_move_file_verbosity (distutils.tests.test_file_util.FileUtilTestCase) ... ok test_glob_to_re (distutils.tests.test_filelist.FileListTestCase) ... ok test_home_installation_scheme (distutils.tests.test_install.InstallTestCase) ... ok test_user_site (distutils.tests.test_install.InstallTestCase) ... ok test_simple_run (distutils.tests.test_install_data.InstallDataTestCase) ... ok test_simple_run (distutils.tests.test_install_headers.InstallHeadersTestCase) ... ok test_default_settings (distutils.tests.test_install_scripts.InstallScriptsTestCase) ... ok test_installation (distutils.tests.test_install_scripts.InstallScriptsTestCase) ... ok test_no_compiler (distutils.tests.test_msvc9compiler.msvc9compilerTestCase) ... ok test_reg_class (distutils.tests.test_msvc9compiler.msvc9compilerTestCase) ... ok test_create_pypirc (distutils.tests.test_register.registerTestCase) ... ok test_password_not_in_file (distutils.tests.test_register.registerTestCase) ... ok test_password_reset (distutils.tests.test_register.registerTestCase) ... ok test_registering (distutils.tests.test_register.registerTestCase) ... ok test_server_empty_registration (distutils.tests.test_register.registerTestCase) ... ok test_server_registration (distutils.tests.test_register.registerTestCase) ... ok test_add_defaults (distutils.tests.test_sdist.sdistTestCase) ... ok test_make_distribution (distutils.tests.test_sdist.sdistTestCase) ... ok test_prune_file_list (distutils.tests.test_sdist.sdistTestCase) ... ok test_server_empty_registration (distutils.tests.test_sdist.sdistTestCase) ... ok test_server_registration (distutils.tests.test_sdist.sdistTestCase) ... ok test_nt_quote_args (distutils.tests.test_spawn.SpawnTestCase) ... ok test_customize_compiler (distutils.tests.test_sysconfig.SysconfigTestCase) ... ok test_get_config_h_filename (distutils.tests.test_sysconfig.SysconfigTestCase) ... ok test_get_config_vars (distutils.tests.test_sysconfig.SysconfigTestCase) ... ok test_get_python_inc (distutils.tests.test_sysconfig.SysconfigTestCase) ... ok test_get_python_lib (distutils.tests.test_sysconfig.SysconfigTestCase) ... ok test_class (distutils.tests.test_text_file.TextFileTestCase) ... ok test_finalize_options (distutils.tests.test_upload.uploadTestCase) ... ok test_saved_password (distutils.tests.test_upload.uploadTestCase) ... ok test_server_empty_registration (distutils.tests.test_upload.uploadTestCase) ... ok test_server_registration (distutils.tests.test_upload.uploadTestCase) ... ok test_upload (distutils.tests.test_upload.uploadTestCase) ... ok test_change_root (distutils.tests.test_util.utilTestCase) ... ok test_check_environ (distutils.tests.test_util.utilTestCase) ... ok test_convert_path (distutils.tests.test_util.utilTestCase) ... ok test_get_platform (distutils.tests.test_util.utilTestCase) ... ok test_rfc822_escape (distutils.tests.test_util.utilTestCase) ... ok test_split_quoted (distutils.tests.test_util.utilTestCase) ... ok test_strtobool (distutils.tests.test_util.utilTestCase) ... ok test_cmp (distutils.tests.test_version.VersionTestCase) ... ok test_cmp_strict (distutils.tests.test_version.VersionTestCase) ... ok test_prerelease (distutils.tests.test_version.VersionTestCase) ... ok Doctest: distutils.versionpredicate.VersionPredicate ... ok Doctest: distutils.versionpredicate.split_provision ... ok ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ran 97 tests in 2.646s OK My apologies for creating this much trouble. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5956> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com