[IMPALA-8478] tests/authorization/test_provider.py breaks on CentOS 6 with Python 2.7-ism

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Impala 3.3.0
• Labels: broken-build
• Epic Color: ghx-label-2
• Assignee: Fredy Wijaya
• Reporter: Laszlo Gaal
• Created: 01/May/19 20:35
• Updated: 02/May/19 17:41
• Resolved: 02/May/19 15:15

Description

tests/authorization/test_provider.py contains a format string variant not available on Python 2.6.x, which is the default Python version on CentOS 6. This breaks the test on CentOS 6:

20:31:53 =========================== short test summary info ============================
20:31:53 XFAIL custom_cluster/test_alloc_fail.py::TestAllocFail::()::test_alloc_fail_update[protocol: beeswax | exec_option: {'batch_size': 0, 'num_nodes': 0, 'disable_codegen_rows_threshold': 0, 'disable_codegen': False, 'abort_on_error': 1, 'exec_single_node_rows_threshold': 0} | table_format: text/none]
20:31:53   IMPALA-2925: the execution is not deterministic so some tests sometimes don't fail as expected
20:31:53 FAIL authorization/test_provider.py::TestAuthorizationProvider::()::test_invalid_provider_flag
20:31:53 =================================== FAILURES ===================================
20:31:53 _____________ TestAuthorizationProvider.test_invalid_provider_flag _____________
20:31:53 authorization/test_provider.py:59: in test_invalid_provider_flag
20:31:53     .format(TestAuthorizationProvider.BAD_FLAG))
20:31:53 E   ValueError: zero length field name in format
20:31:53 ---------------------------- Captured stderr setup -----------------------------