[LDTP-Dev] LDTP v1.7.1 http_proxy/HTTP_PROXY changes impact on client-server cnx

[Nagappan Alagappan]

Hi Nouar,

This is interesting to know :) In our automation environment in VMware, we
do have http_proxy settings, we haven't noticed any such issue. If this is
an Open Source project, can I verify it ?

Thanks
Nagappan

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Nouar Garcia-Mardambek <
Nouar.Garcia at sun.com> wrote:

>  Hi ldtp-experts,
>
> I've an application (python / wxpython) that reads a configuration file
> when it launched and set/unset the python environment variables:
> HTTP_PROXY/http_proxy to the URL of the http proxy to be used if any is
> defined, or keep a direct connection to the internet.
>
> This application provides a Preferences menu to set the information about
> the http (and https) proxy settings + 2 radio buttons to toggle between the
> two network configurations. The dialog is very similar to the Connection
> Settings in Firefox.
>
> The same function is called when the application is started and when it
> changes the proxy setting in the Preferences menu:
> proxy holds the definition of the http proxy URL built up.
> os.environ['HTTP_PROXY'] = os.environ['http_proxy'] =  proxy
> os.environ['FTP_PROXY'] = os.environ['ftp_proxy'] =  proxy
> urllib2.install_opener(urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.ProxyHandler()))
>
> I've written a script A:
> 1) launch my application with launchapp()
> 2) change the Connection Settings by calling this menu Preferences
> 3) go back to the main frame
> 4) call another dialog that does not deal with the network
> 5) select a view that uses the proxy set to fetch over the network the
> needed data
> 6) check if any Error window is showing up, if none call a Quit menu and
> exit the application
>
> On OpenSolaris 2009.06 and ubuntu 9.04 with ldtp 1.7.1,  I've noticed if I
> launch this test in a python script, all the steps are executed as expected
> without any problem. I can run the script in a loop without problem.
>
> When this test is launched by pyunit (TestSuite/TestCase/TextTestRunner),
> any additional tests executed after, over the same application fail in the
> call of  guiexist/waittillguiexist(main_frame): the call pauses for a while
> and after gets the error: *TypeError unpack non-sequence* as a response
> although the application is launched with success.
>
> In my execution environment LDTP_DEBUG is set to 2, am I breaking the
> connection between the server and the client during this test and only
> sys.exit() clean up the situation by closing the sockets ? does reinitldtp(
> ) fix my issue as I don't understand what's really doing ?
>
> Looking forward to your advice, best regards.
>
> nouar.
>
>
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