910925 - --debugger argument with no value yields a python error

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Testing :: XPCShell Harness, defect)

Description

[Josh Matthews [:jdm]]

[jdm@rosencrantz mozilla-central]$ ./mach xpcshell-test --debugger netwerk/test/unit/test_cache_jar.js 
 0:01.20 INFO | Running tests sequentially.
 0:01.25 INFO | Following exceptions were raised:
 0:01.25 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/run/media/jdm/ssd/mozilla-central/testing/xpcshell/runxpcshelltests.py", line 139, in run
    self.run_test()
  File "/run/media/jdm/ssd/mozilla-central/testing/xpcshell/runxpcshelltests.py", line 542, in run_test
    stdout=self.pStdout, stderr=self.pStderr, env=self.env, cwd=test_dir)
  File "/run/media/jdm/ssd/mozilla-central/testing/xpcshell/runxpcshelltests.py", line 201, in launchProcess
    env=env, cwd=cwd)
  File "/run/media/jdm/ssd/mozilla-central/python/psutil/psutil/__init__.py", line 855, in __init__
    self.__subproc = subprocess.Popen(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1249, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

Error running mach:

    ['xpcshell-test', '--debugger', 'netwerk/test/unit/test_cache_jar.js']

The error occurred in code that was called by the mach command. This is either
a bug in the called code itself or in the way that mach is calling it.

You should consider filing a bug for this issue.

If filing a bug, please include the full output of mach, including this error
message.

The details of the failure are as follows:

OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

  File "/run/media/jdm/ssd/mozilla-central/testing/xpcshell/mach_commands.py", line 235, in run_xpcshell_test
    return xpcshell.run_test(**params)
  File "/run/media/jdm/ssd/mozilla-central/testing/xpcshell/mach_commands.py", line 68, in run_test
    rerun_failures=rerun_failures)
  File "/run/media/jdm/ssd/mozilla-central/testing/xpcshell/mach_commands.py", line 51, in run_suite
    return self._run_xpcshell_harness(manifest=manifest, **kwargs)
  File "/run/media/jdm/ssd/mozilla-central/testing/xpcshell/mach_commands.py", line 188, in _run_xpcshell_harness
    result = xpcshell.runTests(**filtered_args)
  File "/run/media/jdm/ssd/mozilla-central/testing/xpcshell/runxpcshelltests.py", line 1362, in runTests
    raise exceptions[0]
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Comment 1

[Gregory Szorc [:gps]]

mach bugs for commands are filed in the component the command belongs to.

Comment 2

[Geoff Brown [:gbrown]]

Mass closing bugs with no activity in 2+ years. If this bug is important to you, please re-open.