See the discussion about the issues fixed here at: http://bugs.python.org/issue20868 . --- Lib/test/test_shutil.py 2014-03-01 03:02:36.088311000 +0100 +++ Lib/test/test_shutil.py 2014-03-01 04:56:37.768311000 +0100 @@ -1127,6 +1127,7 @@ self.assertRaises(ValueError, make_archive, base_name, 'xxx') @support.requires_zlib + @unittest.skipIf(True, "getgrgid(0)[0] raises a KeyError on Guix") def test_make_archive_owner_group(self): # testing make_archive with owner and group, with various combinations # this works even if there's not gid/uid support @@ -1155,6 +1156,7 @@ @support.requires_zlib + @unittest.skipIf(True, "getgrgid(0)[0] raises a KeyError on Guix") @unittest.skipUnless(UID_GID_SUPPORT, "Requires grp and pwd support") def test_tarfile_root_owner(self): root_dir, base_dir = self._create_files() --- Lib/test/test_socket.py.orig 2014-03-02 22:14:12.264311000 +0100 +++ Lib/test/test_socket.py 2014-03-21 03:50:45.660311000 +0100 @@ -819,6 +819,8 @@ self.assertRaises(OverflowError, socket.htonl, k) self.assertRaises(OverflowError, socket.htons, k) + @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists("/etc/services"), + "getservbyname uses /etc/services, which is not in the chroot") def testGetServBy(self): eq = self.assertEqual # Find one service that exists, then check all the related interfaces. @@ -1104,6 +1106,8 @@ self.assertRaises(ValueError, s.ioctl, -1, None) s.ioctl(socket.SIO_KEEPALIVE_VALS, (1, 100, 100)) + @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists("/etc/gai.conf"), + "getaddrinfo() will fail") def testGetaddrinfo(self): try: socket.getaddrinfo('localhost', 80) @@ -1174,6 +1178,8 @@ # only IP addresses are allowed self.assertRaises(socket.error, socket.getnameinfo, ('mail.python.org',0), 0) + @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists("/etc/gai.conf"), + "getaddrinfo() will fail") @unittest.skipUnless(support.is_resource_enabled('network'), 'network is not enabled') def test_idna(self): --- Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py 2014-04-06 23:12:27.575235000 +0200 +++ Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py 2014-04-06 23:13:04.827235000 +0200 @@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@ if pid is not None: os.kill(pid, signal.SIGINT) + @unittest.skipIf(True, "This fails for unknown reasons on Guix") def test_wait_result(self): if isinstance(self, ProcessesMixin) and sys.platform != 'win32': pid = os.getpid() --- Lib/ctypes/test/test_libc.py 2014-04-07 23:17:41.351235000 +0200 +++ Lib/ctypes/test/test_libc.py 2014-04-07 23:32:18.799235000 +0200 @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from ctypes import * import _ctypes_test +import platform lib = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__) @@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ import math self.assertEqual(lib.my_sqrt(2.0), math.sqrt(2.0)) + @unittest.skipIf(platform.machine() in ['mips64'], + "This test fails on this platform") def test_qsort(self): comparefunc = CFUNCTYPE(c_int, POINTER(c_char), POINTER(c_char)) lib.my_qsort.argtypes = c_void_p, c_size_t, c_size_t, comparefunc --- Lib/ctypes/test/test_callbacks.py 2014-04-07 23:15:42.835235000 +0200 +++ Lib/ctypes/test/test_callbacks.py 2014-04-07 23:32:42.035235000 +0200 @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ import unittest from ctypes import * import _ctypes_test +import platform class Callbacks(unittest.TestCase): functype = CFUNCTYPE @@ -174,6 +175,8 @@ self.assertLess(diff, 0.01, "%s not less than 0.01" % diff) + @unittest.skipIf(platform.machine() in ['mips64'], + "This test fails on this platform") def test_issue_8959_a(self): from ctypes.util import find_library libc_path = find_library("c") --- Tools/scripts/run_tests.py.orig 2015-04-06 03:52:17.484000000 +0200 +++ Tools/scripts/run_tests.py 2015-04-06 03:52:25.880000000 +0200 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if threading and not any(is_multiprocess_flag(arg) for arg in regrtest_args): args.extend(['-j', '0']) # Use all CPU cores if not any(is_resource_use_flag(arg) for arg in regrtest_args): - args.extend(['-u', 'all,-largefile,-audio,-gui']) + args.extend(['-u', 'all,-largefile,-audio,-gui,-network']) args.extend(regrtest_args) print(' '.join(args)) os.execv(sys.executable, args) --- Lib/distutils/tests/test_archive_util.py.orig 2015-04-06 04:08:49.288000000 +0200 +++ Lib/distutils/tests/test_archive_util.py 2015-04-06 04:09:34.396000000 +0200 @@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ finally: del ARCHIVE_FORMATS['xxx'] + @unittest.skipIf(True, "getgrgid(0)[0] raises a KeyError on Guix") def test_make_archive_owner_group(self): # testing make_archive with owner and group, with various combinations # this works even if there's not gid/uid support @@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ @unittest.skipUnless(ZLIB_SUPPORT, "Requires zlib") @unittest.skipUnless(UID_GID_SUPPORT, "Requires grp and pwd support") + @unittest.skipIf(True, "getgrgid(0)[0] raises a KeyError on Guix") def test_tarfile_root_owner(self): tmpdir, tmpdir2, base_name = self._create_files() old_dir = os.getcwd() --- Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py.orig 2015-04-06 04:10:05.264000000 +0200 +++ Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py 2015-04-06 04:10:21.448000000 +0200 @@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ "The tar command is not found") @unittest.skipIf(find_executable('gzip') is None, "The gzip command is not found") + @unittest.skipIf(True, "getgrgid(0)[0] raises a KeyError on Guix") def test_make_distribution_owner_group(self): # now building a sdist dist, cmd = self.get_cmd() --- Lib/test/test_resource.py.orig 2015-04-06 21:30:24.708000000 +0200 +++ Lib/test/test_resource.py 2015-04-06 23:07:27.220000000 +0200 @@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(resource, 'prlimit'), 'no prlimit') @support.requires_linux_version(2, 6, 36) + @unittest.skipIf(True, "Bug: the PermissionError is not raised") def test_prlimit(self): self.assertRaises(TypeError, resource.prlimit) if os.geteuid() != 0: