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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"`test_venv` failures on installed buildbots","articleBody":"# Bug report\r\n\r\n`test_venv` has been failing consistently on the \"[AMD64 Fedora Stable Clang Installed](https://buildbot.python.org/all/#/builders/363)\" buildbot for the last month. The test failure is:\r\n\r\n```pytb\r\n\r\n======================================================================\r\nERROR: test_zippath_from_non_installed_posix (test.test_venv.BasicTest.test_zippath_from_non_installed_posix)\r\nTest that when create venv from non-installed python, the zip path\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/home/buildbot/buildarea/pull_request.cstratak-fedora-stable-x86_64.clang-installed/build/target/lib/python3.13/test/test_venv.py\", line 612, in test_zippath_from_non_installed_posix\r\n    subprocess.check_call(cmd, env=child_env)\r\n  File \"/home/buildbot/buildarea/pull_request.cstratak-fedora-stable-x86_64.clang-installed/build/target/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py\", line 408, in check_call\r\n    retcode = call(*popenargs, **kwargs)\r\n              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\r\n  File \"/home/buildbot/buildarea/pull_request.cstratak-fedora-stable-x86_64.clang-installed/build/target/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py\", line 389, in call\r\n    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as p:\r\n         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\r\n  File \"/home/buildbot/buildarea/pull_request.cstratak-fedora-stable-x86_64.clang-installed/build/target/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py\", line 1026, in __init__\r\n    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,\r\n  File \"/home/buildbot/buildarea/pull_request.cstratak-fedora-stable-x86_64.clang-installed/build/target/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py\", line 1950, in _execute_child\r\n    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)\r\nFileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/test_python_q98ubefs/tmpjf9pltrd/bin/python3'\r\n======================================================================\r\nFAIL: test_upgrade_dependencies (test.test_venv.BasicTest.test_upgrade_dependencies)\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/home/buildbot/buildarea/pull_request.cstratak-fedora-stable-x86_64.clang-installed/build/target/lib/python3.13/test/test_venv.py\", line 236, in test_upgrade_dependencies\r\n    builder.upgrade_dependencies(fake_context)\r\n  File \"/home/buildbot/buildarea/pull_request.cstratak-fedora-stable-x86_64.clang-installed/build/target/lib/python3.13/venv/__init__.py\", line 459, in upgrade_dependencies\r\n    self._call_new_python(context, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--upgrade',\r\n  File \"/home/buildbot/buildarea/pull_request.cstratak-fedora-stable-x86_64.clang-installed/build/target/lib/python3.13/venv/__init__.py\", line 355, in _call_new_python\r\n    subprocess.check_output(args, **kwargs)\r\n  File \"/home/buildbot/buildarea/pull_request.cstratak-fedora-stable-x86_64.clang-installed/build/target/lib/python3.13/test/test_venv.py\", line 222, in pip_cmd_checker\r\n    self.assertEqual(\r\nAssertionError: Lists differ: ['/tm[32 chars]w4/bin/python3', '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--upgrade', 'pip'] != ['/tm[32 chars]w4/bin/python3.13', '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--upgrade', 'pip']\r\nFirst differing element 0:\r\n'/tmp/test_python_q98ubefs/tmpcaooe7w4/bin/python3'\r\n'/tmp/test_python_q98ubefs/tmpcaooe7w4/bin/python3.13'\r\n- ['/tmp/test_python_q98ubefs/tmpcaooe7w4/bin/python3',\r\n+ ['/tmp/test_python_q98ubefs/tmpcaooe7w4/bin/python3.13',\r\n?                                                    +++\r\n   '-m',\r\n   'pip',\r\n   'install',\r\n   '--upgrade',\r\n   'pip']\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nRan 27 tests in 14.253s\r\nFAILED (failures=1, errors=1, skipped=2)\r\ntest test_venv failed\r\n```\r\n\r\nCc. @vsajip for venv expertise. It looks like #103243 is probably to blame (cc. @artemmukhin).\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/AlexWaygood","@type":"Person","name":"AlexWaygood"},"datePublished":"2023-07-01T16:45:34.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/106313/cpython/issues/106313"}