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[Gavin Panella <gavin.panella@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 25 November 2010 21:30, Robert Collins <robert.collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>    def _lostConnectionInTest(self, state_string):
>        error_string = u"lost connection during %stest '%s'" % (
>            state_string, self.current_test_description)
>        self.client.addError(self._current_test, RemoteError(error_string))
>        self.client.stopTest(self._current_test)
>
> in the function in question, which clearly sets a unicode string and
> thus should not trigger this error. I haven't checked to see which
> release this was fixed in etc, but the solution is going to be
> 'upgrade to a fixed subunit'.

python-subunit is 0.0.6-1~bazaar1~lucid1 on Lucid (on the ec2 test
image I'm looking at anyway) which is the same version as in Maverick,
and it has the code above.

I guess that either the buildbot slaves have an older version, and do
not upgrade it during boot, or the bug is elsewhere.