id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
1005	twistd plugin permissions problem causes users to think that tahoe-lafs unit tests failed	nejucomo	somebody	"I just installed 1.6.1 on an osx 10.6 box, seemingly successfully:
$ python ./setup.py build
... Output attached.

But when I run unittests many fail:
$ python ./setup.py test
... Output attached.

The first failure appears before unittest output, and may be irrelevant:
{{{
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/twisted/python/usage.py"", line 241, in parseOptions
    self.postOptions()
  File ""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/twisted/scripts/trial.py"", line 293, in postOptions
    self['reporter'] = self._loadReporterByName(self['reporter'])
  File ""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/twisted/scripts/trial.py"", line 279, in _loadReporterByName
    for p in plugin.getPlugins(itrial.IReporter):
  File ""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/twisted/plugin.py"", line 200, in getPlugins
    allDropins = getCache(package)
--- <exception caught here> ---
  File ""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/twisted/plugin.py"", line 179, in getCache
    dropinPath.setContent(pickle.dumps(dropinDotCache))
  File ""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/twisted/python/filepath.py"", line 623, in setContent
    f = sib.open('w')
  File ""/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/twisted/python/filepath.py"", line 433, in open
    return open(self.path, mode+'b')
exceptions.IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/twisted/plugins/dropin.cache.new'
}}}"	defect	closed	major	soon	code	1.6.1	invalid	install docs twisted mac snowleopard