[Zope3-dev] Win32 Tests - Zope 3 - failures:2

[Tim Peters]

[Chris Withers]
>>> That diff3 method bugs me as, IIRC, if it can't find a suitable
>>> diff3, it simply doesn't run the tests :-(
>>>
>>> Would it be a good idea for it to issue a warning if the tests can't
>>> be run?

[Tim]
>> As shown in the mail you're replying to here, it does print
>>
>>     diff3 doesn't work, diff3 tests disabled

[Chris]
> Sorry, I'm missing something, I couldn't find this string in the test
> result mails, where is it emitted from?

The "mail you're reply to here" was, at, the time, this one:

    http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope3-dev/2003-July/007834.html

You apparently don't see "diff3 doesn't work, diff3 tests disabled" because
diff3_check() doesn't realize the one you're picking up is unusable.  So as
the earlier mail said:

    Someone for whom these tests fail (they don't fail for me) needs to
    alter the diff3_check() method to recognize that their diff3 is
    unusable, or needs to fiddle their environment to get their unusable
    diff3 off their PATH.

Since you're the only one seeing the test fail, you're the only one who can
poke at your diff3 to discover some characteristic about it diff3_check()
can recognize.  Or-- probably easier --just get the thing off your PATH when
you're running Zope3 tests.