id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
1576	support running tests for an installed version without causing allmydata.test.test_runner.BinTahoe.test_the_right_code to fail	davidsarah	davidsarah	"The intended way to run tests for an OS package-manager-installed copy of Tahoe-LAFS is {{{tahoe debug trial}}} (which uses the installed {{{tahoe}}} script on the PATH).

This fails with the following error:
{{{
[FAIL]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/allmydata/test/test_runner.py"", line 119, in test_the_right_code
    self._check_right_code(srcfile)
  File ""/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/allmydata/test/test_runner.py"", line 116, in _check_right_code
    self.fail(msg)
twisted.trial.unittest.FailTest: We seem to be testing the code at '/usr/lib/pymodules',
(according to the source filename '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/allmydata/__init__.pyc'),
but expected to be testing the code at '/home/eutopia'.
Please run the tests from the root of the Tahoe-LAFS distribution.

allmydata.test.test_runner.BinTahoe.test_the_right_code
}}}

because that test doesn't know where the code is supposed to be located. It is OK for the test to be skipped in this case."	defect	assigned	major	soon	code	1.9.0b1		test packaging