Tests break with --with-system-expat and Expat 2.2.0

[hartwork]

BPO	27369
Nosy	@vadmium, @hartwork, @yan12125
Files	0001-Fix-Python-2.7.11-tests-for-Expat-2.2.0.patch: Patch for 2.7.11 0001-Fix-Python-3.x.x-tests-for-Expat-2.2.0.patch: Patch for 3.x.x issue27369.patch: Patch that uses assertRaisesRegex, target the default branch

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2016-07-14.04:11:32.662>
created_at = <Date 2016-06-22.18:17:23.662>
labels = ['type-bug', 'tests']
title = 'Tests break with --with-system-expat and Expat 2.2.0'
updated_at = <Date 2016-07-14.04:58:59.910>
user = 'https://github.com/hartwork'

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activity = <Date 2016-07-14.04:58:59.910>
actor = 'berker.peksag'
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closed_date = <Date 2016-07-14.04:11:32.662>
closer = 'benjamin.peterson'
components = ['Tests']
creation = <Date 2016-06-22.18:17:23.662>
creator = 'sping'
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issue_num = 27369
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue27369'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2', 'Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6']

[hartwork]

Expat commit
https://sourceforge.net/p/expat/code_git/ci/550eb6bbaa7e6efc44e94cab945fe9c781c01211 introduced with the recent release of Expat 2.2.0 fixed a bug that the current Python test suite relies on.

Attached you find patches to fix the test suite for all versions in a backwards-compatible way. Please consider application upstream. Thanks!

Best, Sebastian

[vadmium]

Thanks for the patches. This test was added in r74435, presumably to test for a crash. IMO it would be sufficient to test for the first part of the error message, without checking the column number. The test could also use assertRaisesRegex().

Should this actually be applied to all security versions, or just 3.5+ and 2.7? I guess can see the benefit of fixing 3.2+, and I remember doing this once before when the test suite fell over and it was not Python’s fault.

[yan12125]

Added a patch.

[python-dev]

New changeset 5b64175c6c24 by Martin Panter in branch '3.2':
Issue bpo-27369: Don’t test error message detail that changed in Expat 2.2.0
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5b64175c6c24

New changeset 1c06e02b968a by Martin Panter in branch '3.3':
Issue bpo-27369: Merge test_pyexpat from 3.2 into 3.3
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1c06e02b968a

New changeset 17ec4d58c046 by Martin Panter in branch '3.4':
Issue bpo-27369: Merge test_pyexpat from 3.3 into 3.4
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/17ec4d58c046

New changeset 2d6e6600c210 by Martin Panter in branch '2.7':
Issue bpo-27369: Don’t test error message detail that changed in Expat 2.2.0
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2d6e6600c210

New changeset 0fbf3b88eed8 by Martin Panter in branch '3.5':
Issue bpo-27369: Merge test_pyexpat from 3.4 into 3.5
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0fbf3b88eed8

New changeset 31dc480102fc by Martin Panter in branch 'default':
Issue bpo-27369: Merge test_pyexpat from 3.5
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/31dc480102fc