New submission from David Bolen <db3l....@gmail.com>: This is a pretty tiny bug..
The test_reg_class test in test_msvc9compiler.py assumes that there is a Notepad registry key on Windows systems. That appears to be false until Notepad is run the very first time. I ran into this setting up a build slave VM, where I never had the need to run Notepad. I guess it's pretty rare for Notepad not to be run eventually, but clearly the comments in the test saying the key is always present is inaccurate, and perhaps a different key should be chosen or at least have the test not fail if the key is missing. It also appears that Windows 7 doesn't have that key even after Notepad is run. ---------- assignee: tarek components: Distutils messages: 95061 nosy: db3l, tarek severity: normal status: open title: test_msvc9compiler test_reg_class failure on new Windows box _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7293> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
