Python install has difficulties with accented characters in path

[Pierre Thibault]

I am building from the source and installing Python on my machine.

I added these tests failed:

test_doctest
test_httpservers
test_logging

But I moved the Python installation folder on another directory and
the failed tests vanished when I tried again. The difference? The new
directory does not have any accented characters in its name while the
other one was having one.

Should I flag this has a bug?

I am installing Python 2.6.5. I am running OpenSuse 11.2 AMD64.

 

[Thomas Jollans]

I am building from the source and installing Python on my machine.

I added these tests failed:

test_doctest
test_httpservers
test_logging

But I moved the Python installation folder on another directory and
the failed tests vanished when I tried again. The difference? The new
directory does not have any accented characters in its name while the
other one was having one.

Should I flag this has a bug?

I am installing Python 2.6.5. I am running OpenSuse 11.2 AMD64.

Before filing a bug, best test it with Python 2.7 (just released), 3.1,
and, if possible, py3k trunk.

I just tried to reproduce this with a current py3k checkout, where it
worked. Probably not an issue in Python 3.x due to the changed unicode
handling, but it might be a bug that has been fixed since 2.6.

 

[Pierre Thibault]

Before filing a bug, best test it with Python 2.7 (just released), 3.1,
and, if possible, py3k trunk.

I just tried to reproduce this with a current py3k checkout, where it
worked. Probably not an issue in Python 3.x due to the changed unicode
handling, but it might be a bug that has been fixed since 2.6.

I've tested with the version 2.7 and the issue is gone.