[Win32utils-devel] test_services test case

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> Subject: Re: [Win32utils-devel] test_services test case
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > While working on win32-service-0.3.0 I got hung up trying 
> to resolve 
> > that "RPC server is unavailable" error message that was 
> popping up on 
> > some systems.  I couldn't duplicate this on my XP Pro box, 
> but it does 
> > show up
> on
> > my Win2k box.
> >
> > Quick review - this is the test case from tc_service.rb
> >
> > def test_services
> >       assert_nothing_raised{ Service.services{ } }
> >       assert_raises(NotImplementedError){ Service.services } # no
> non-block
> >       a = []
> >       Service.services{ |s| a.push(s) }
> >       assert_kind_of(Struct::Win32Service,a.first)
> > end
> >
> > I added some more information to the error messages, and it 
> turns out 
> > that the failure is caused by the call to OpenSCManager() in the 
> > services() function in service.c.  As far as I can tell, the only 
> > reason for this to happen would have something to do with the way 
> > TestUnit calls the tests.
> >
> > I discovered two interesting things while tinkering with this test 
> > case. First, If I remove the 2nd assertion (assert_raises) the test 
> > passes fine. Second, if I add a "sleep 1" after the "assert 
> raises", I 
> > get a different
> > error: "Invalid access to memory location.".
> >
> > I think this is a quirk of TestUnit myself, and can safely 
> be ignored, 
> > although I wouldn't mind a code review of the services() function 
> > after I post 0.3.0.  I will note this oddity in the documentation.
> >
> After some debugging, I am confinced that there is some bug 
> at assert_raise method in test\unit\assertions.rb related to 
> block and yield. But I can't figure out. How about comment 
> out of the test assert_raises(NotImplementedError){
> Service.services }
> until further notice?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Park Heesob

I didn't see this message until about an hour after I had already
released.  The test is still in there, but the issue is under the "Known
Bugs" section.  I will comment it out for 0.3.1.

Regards,

Dan