[Jython-checkins] SF.net SVN: jython:[7010] trunk/jython/Lib/test/test_socket.py

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Revision: 7010
          http://jython.svn.sourceforge.net/jython/?rev=7010&view=rev
Author:   amak
Date:     2010-04-09 17:18:31 +0000 (Fri, 09 Apr 2010)

Log Message:
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Disabling the AI_PASSIVE test. It cannot be written in way that is portable between systems. The only way around this is to configure expected results, on a per-system basis, outside of the test suite.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/jython/Lib/test/test_socket.py

Modified: trunk/jython/Lib/test/test_socket.py
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--- trunk/jython/Lib/test/test_socket.py	2010-04-09 05:06:08 UTC (rev 7009)
+++ trunk/jython/Lib/test/test_socket.py	2010-04-09 17:18:31 UTC (rev 7010)
@@ -1464,6 +1464,12 @@
             self.assert_(isinstance(sockaddr[0], str))
 
     def testAI_PASSIVE(self):
+        # Disabling this test for now; it's expectations are not portable.
+        # Expected results are too dependent on system config to be made portable between systems.
+        # And the only way to determine what configuration to test is to use the 
+        # java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName() method, which is what is used to 
+        # implement the getaddrinfo() function. Therefore, no real point in the test.
+        return
         IPV4_LOOPBACK = "127.0.0.1"
         local_hostname = java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName()
         local_ip_address = java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress()


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