trac-1.0.1 - PyGIT TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings

[beber@…]

While running the test case suite for trac 1.0.1 using python 2.7.5, it fail on tracopt.versioncontrol.git.tests.PyGIT.UnicodeNameTestCase case with the following error :

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ERROR: test_unicode_branches (tracopt.versioncontrol.git.tests.PyGIT.UnicodeNameTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/tmp/portage/www-apps/trac-1.0.1/work/Trac-1.0.1/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py", line 155, in setUp
    self._git('config', 'user.name', u"Joé")
  File "/var/tmp/portage/www-apps/trac-1.0.1/work/Trac-1.0.1/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py", line 168, in _git
    cwd=self.repos_path)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 711, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1308, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings

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ERROR: test_unicode_filename (tracopt.versioncontrol.git.tests.PyGIT.UnicodeNameTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/tmp/portage/www-apps/trac-1.0.1/work/Trac-1.0.1/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py", line 155, in setUp
    self._git('config', 'user.name', u"Joé")
  File "/var/tmp/portage/www-apps/trac-1.0.1/work/Trac-1.0.1/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py", line 168, in _git
    cwd=self.repos_path)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 711, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1308, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings

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ERROR: test_unicode_tags (tracopt.versioncontrol.git.tests.PyGIT.UnicodeNameTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/tmp/portage/www-apps/trac-1.0.1/work/Trac-1.0.1/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py", line 155, in setUp
    self._git('config', 'user.name', u"Joé")
  File "/var/tmp/portage/www-apps/trac-1.0.1/work/Trac-1.0.1/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py", line 168, in _git
    cwd=self.repos_path)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 711, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1308, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings

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ERROR: test_unicode_verifyrev (tracopt.versioncontrol.git.tests.PyGIT.UnicodeNameTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/tmp/portage/www-apps/trac-1.0.1/work/Trac-1.0.1/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py", line 155, in setUp
    self._git('config', 'user.name', u"Joé")
  File "/var/tmp/portage/www-apps/trac-1.0.1/work/Trac-1.0.1/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py", line 168, in _git
    cwd=self.repos_path)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 711, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1308, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings

[Jun Omae]

Thanks for the report. Reproduced with filesystem encoding being ascii.

$ LC_ALL=C make python=25 clean unit-test
....
FAILED (errors=6)
make: *** [unit-test] Error 1

No errors if filesystem encoding is utf-8, e.g. en_US.UTF8.

[Ryan J Ollos]

I'll just add that your traceback does not agree with the statement that you are running Trac 1.0.1: tags/trac-1.0.1/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py@:155#L147​. The traceback corresponds to PyGIT@11675​, which is 1.0.2dev. Just make sure to note in the future that you are running a patched version of 1.0.1, which is what you seem to be saying in comment:2:ticket:11290.

[beber@…]

Replying to rjollos:

I'll just add that your traceback does not agree with the statement that you are running Trac 1.0.1: tags/trac-1.0.1/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py@:155#L147​. The traceback corresponds to PyGIT@11675​, which is 1.0.2dev. Just make sure to note in the future that you are running a patched version of 1.0.1, which is what you seem to be saying in comment:2:ticket:11290.

Right ! And it work as expected without patch [11675] so it be closed imho. Sorry for noise.

[Ryan J Ollos]

Replying to beber@…:

Right ! And it work as expected without patch [11675] so it be closed imho. Sorry for noise.

It sounds like Jun discovered the reason for the failure, so we probably want to leave it open and fix the issue.

[Jun Omae]

Fixed in [12020], thanks!