To boost morale :-), force test_optparse to run immediately
after test_file until we can figure out how to fix it.
(See python-dev; at the moment we don't even know which checkin
caused the problem.)
diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index ca4a3b5..d146eb0 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@
         tests = tests[:1]
     if randomize:
         random.shuffle(tests)
+        # XXX Temporary hack to force test_optparse to run immediately
+        # XXX after test_file.  This should go away as soon as we fix
+        # XXX whatever it is that's causing that to fail.
+        tests.remove("test_file")
+        tests.insert(tests.index("test_optparse"), "test_file")
     if trace:
         import trace
         tracer = trace.Trace(ignoredirs=[sys.prefix, sys.exec_prefix],