ipython/ipython — Issue #1408: test_get_home_dir_3 failed on Mac OS X
Author: takluyver
Created: 2012-02-15 11:43:34+00:00
State: open
Labels: osx, type-bug

[Buildbot test failure](https://jenkins.shiningpanda.com/ipython/job/ipython-mac/15/testReport/junit/IPython.utils.tests/test_path/test_get_home_dir_3/)

```
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/unittest/case.py", line 327, in run
testMethod()
File "/Users/matthiasbussonnier/VirtualEnvs/jenkins/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose-1.1.2-py2.7.egg/nose/case.py", line 197, in runTest
self.test(*self.arg)
File "/Users/matthiasbussonnier/VirtualEnvs/jenkins/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/utils/tests/test_path.py", line 153, in test_get_home_dir_3
nt.assert_equal(home_dir, env["HOME"])
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/unittest/case.py", line 509, in assertEqual
assertion_func(first, second, msg=msg)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/unittest/case.py", line 502, in _baseAssertEqual
raise self.failureException(msg)
AssertionError: u'/private/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir' != '/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir'
"u'/private/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir' != '/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir'" = '%s != %s' % (safe_repr(u'/private/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir'), safe_repr('/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir'))
"u'/private/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir' != '/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir'" = self._formatMessage("u'/private/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir' != '/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir'", "u'/private/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir' != '/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir'")
>> raise self.failureException("u'/private/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir' != '/tmp/tmpfZ2CI8/home_test_dir'")
```