view tests/test-run-tests.py @ 20742:3681de20b0a7

parsers: fail fast if Python has wrong minor version (issue4110)

This change causes an informative ImportError to be raised when importing
the parsers extension module if the minor version of the currently-running
Python interpreter doesn't match that of the Python used when compiling
the extension module.

This change also exposes a parsers.versionerrortext constant in the
C implementation of the module.  Its presence can be used to determine
whether this behavior is present in a version of the module.  The value
of the constant is the leading text of the ImportError raised and is set
to "Python minor version mismatch".

Here is an example of what the new error looks like:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "test.py", line 1, in <module>
      import mercurial.parsers
  ImportError: Python minor version mismatch: The Mercurial extension
  modules were compiled with Python 2.7.6, but Mercurial is currently using
  Python with sys.hexversion=33883888: Python 2.5.6
  (r256:88840, Nov 18 2012, 05:37:10)
  [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.1 ((tags/Apple/clang-421.11.66))]
   at: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Resources/
    Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python

The reason for raising an error in this scenario is that Python's C API
is known not to be compatible from minor version to minor version, even
if sys.api_version is the same.  See for example this Python bug report
about incompatibilities between 2.5 and 2.6+:

  http://bugs.python.org/issue8118

These incompatibilities can cause Mercurial to break in mysterious,
unforeseen ways.  For example, when Mercurial compiled with Python 2.7 was
run with 2.5, the following crash occurred when running "hg status":

  http://bz.selenic.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4110

After this crash was fixed, running with Python 2.5 no longer crashes, but
the following puzzling behavior still occurs:

    $ hg status
      ...
      File ".../mercurial/changelog.py", line 123, in __init__
        revlog.revlog.__init__(self, opener, "00changelog.i")
      File ".../mercurial/revlog.py", line 251, in __init__
        d = self._io.parseindex(i, self._inline)
      File ".../mercurial/revlog.py", line 158, in parseindex
        index, cache = parsers.parse_index2(data, inline)
    TypeError: data is not a string

which can be reproduced more simply with:

    import mercurial.parsers as parsers
    parsers.parse_index2("", True)

Both the crash and the TypeError occurred because the Python C API's
PyString_Check() returns the wrong value when the C header files from
Python 2.7 are run with Python 2.5.  This is an example of an
incompatibility of the sort mentioned in the Python bug report above.

Failing fast with an informative error message results in a better user
experience in cases like the above.  The information in the ImportError
also simplifies troubleshooting for those on Mercurial mailing lists, the
bug tracker, etc.

This patch only adds the version check to parsers.c, which is sufficient
to affect command-line commands like "hg status" and "hg summary".
An idea for a future improvement is to move the version-checking C code
to a more central location, and have it run when importing all
Mercurial extension modules and not just parsers.c.

"""test line matching with some failing examples and some which warn

run-test.t only checks positive matches and can not see warnings
(both by design)
"""

import os, re
# this is hack to make sure no escape characters are inserted into the output
if 'TERM' in os.environ:
    del os.environ['TERM']
import doctest
run_tests = __import__('run-tests')

def lm(expected, output):
    r"""check if output matches expected

    does it generally work?
        >>> lm('H*e (glob)\n', 'Here\n')
        True

    fail on bad test data
        >>> try: lm('a\n','a')
        ... except AssertionError, ex: print ex
        missing newline
        >>> try: lm('single backslash\n', 'single \backslash\n')
        ... except AssertionError, ex: print ex
        single backslash or unknown char
    """
    assert expected.endswith('\n') and output.endswith('\n'), 'missing newline'
    assert not re.search(r'[^ \w\\/\r\n()*?]', expected + output), \
           'single backslash or unknown char'
    match = run_tests.linematch(expected, output)
    if isinstance(match, str):
        return 'special: ' + match
    else:
        return bool(match) # do not return match object

def wintests():
    r"""test matching like running on windows

    enable windows matching on any os
        >>> _osaltsep = os.altsep
        >>> os.altsep = True

    valid match on windows
        >>> lm('g/a*/d (glob)\n', 'g\\abc/d\n')
        True

    direct matching, glob unnecessary
        >>> lm('g/b (glob)\n', 'g/b\n')
        'special: -glob'

    missing glob
        >>> lm('/g/c/d/fg\n', '\\g\\c\\d/fg\n')
        'special: +glob'

    restore os.altsep
        >>> os.altsep = _osaltsep
    """
    pass

def otherostests():
    r"""test matching like running on non-windows os

    disable windows matching on any os
        >>> _osaltsep = os.altsep
        >>> os.altsep = False

    backslash does not match slash
        >>> lm('h/a* (glob)\n', 'h\\ab\n')
        False

    direct matching glob can not be recognized
        >>> lm('h/b (glob)\n', 'h/b\n')
        True

    missing glob can not not be recognized
        >>> lm('/h/c/df/g/\n', '\\h/c\\df/g\\\n')
        False

    restore os.altsep
        >>> os.altsep = _osaltsep
    """
    pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
    doctest.testmod()