bpo-11191: skip unsupported test_distutils case for AIX with xlc (GH-8709)
Command line options for the xlc compiler behave differently from gcc and clang,
so skip this test case for now when xlc is the compiler.
Patch by aixtools (Michael Felt)
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/config.py b/Lib/distutils/command/config.py
index f511b88..aeda408 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/config.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/config.py
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@
return self.try_cpp(body="/* No body */", headers=[header],
include_dirs=include_dirs)
-
def dump_file(filename, head=None):
"""Dumps a file content into log.info.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py
index 6e566e7..b735fd3 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_config_cmd.py
@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@
@unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32', "can't test on Windows")
def test_search_cpp(self):
+ import shutil
cmd = missing_compiler_executable(['preprocessor'])
if cmd is not None:
self.skipTest('The %r command is not found' % cmd)
pkg_dir, dist = self.create_dist()
cmd = config(dist)
+ cmd._check_compiler()
+ compiler = cmd.compiler
+ is_xlc = shutil.which(compiler.preprocessor[0]).startswith("/usr/vac")
+ if is_xlc:
+ self.skipTest('xlc: The -E option overrides the -P, -o, and -qsyntaxonly options')
# simple pattern searches
match = cmd.search_cpp(pattern='xxx', body='/* xxx */')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-08-08-22-41-30.bpo-11191.eq9tSH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-08-08-22-41-30.bpo-11191.eq9tSH.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d05d522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-08-08-22-41-30.bpo-11191.eq9tSH.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Skip the distutils test 'test_search_cpp' when using XLC as compiler
+patch by aixtools (Michael Felt)