web2py --run-system-tests

[Kiran Subbaraman]

Hello,
I was trying to figure out how to run tests against web2py (in the case where I contribute changes to web2py).
Ran

python web2py.py --help

This listed --run-system-tests as an option

Ran this, and this is the output I see (I have to kill the process; unable to stop it otherwise)

testInvalidUrls (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsGenericUrl) ... ok
testPrepending (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsGenericUrl) ... ok
testValidUrls (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsGenericUrl) ... ok
testInvalidUrls (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsHttpUrl) ... ok
testPrepending (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsHttpUrl) ... ok
testValidUrls (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsHttpUrl) ... ok
testExceptionalUse (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsUrl) ... ok
testModeGeneric (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsUrl) ... ok
testModeHttp (gluon.tests.test_is_url.TestIsUrl) ... ok
testRun (gluon.tests.test_dal.TestJoin) ... ok
test_reads_and_writes (gluon.tests.test_languages.TestLanguagesParallel) ... Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 380, in main
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    prepare(preparation_data)
  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 380, in main
  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 488, in prepare
        prepare(preparation_data)
assert main_name not in sys.modules, main_name
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 488, in prepare
AssertionError  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 380, in main
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
:   File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 380, in main
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
Traceback (most recent call last):
    assert main_name not in sys.modules, main_name
Traceback (most recent call last):
_  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 380, in main
prepare(preparation_data)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
prepare(preparation_data)
AssertionErrorTraceback (most recent call last):
_main__  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 380, in main
    prepare(preparation_data)
  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 488, in prepare
:       File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 488, in prepare
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 380, in main
  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 488, in prepare
_prepare(preparation_data)
  File "D:\programs\open\python27\lib\multiprocessing\forking.py", line 380, in main

I am running these tests on Window 8.1, from within the power-shell. I am suspecting this is an OS related issue; where I need to run the tests on a *nix box?

[Massimo Di Pierro]

Windows has no fork. I do not think we have ever run tests on windows. Try with cygwin

[Niphlod]

windows has it. but the guy who wrote those tests never give attention to the win world. When I run tests on windows, I delete that file.

[Kiran Subbaraman]

Just checked with cygwin, same issue. Doesn't work in cygwin either