BIND 10 trac1545, updated. 38c6a4866e5be6f6a7ed3497f0fef252583b5be4 [1545] Added reference to python documentation for os.putenv() function.

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commit 38c6a4866e5be6f6a7ed3497f0fef252583b5be4
Author: Marcin Siodelski <marcin at isc.org>
Date:   Fri Sep 14 19:14:34 2012 +0200

    [1545] Added reference to python documentation for os.putenv() function.
    
    The os.putenv() functionsseems to be not supported on all platforms and
    this is indicated in the python documentation.

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Summary of changes:
 src/bin/dhcp4/tests/dhcp4_test.py |    8 ++++++--
 src/bin/dhcp6/tests/dhcp6_test.py |    8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/src/bin/dhcp4/tests/dhcp4_test.py b/src/bin/dhcp4/tests/dhcp4_test.py
index efe16fb..444dfcf 100644
--- a/src/bin/dhcp4/tests/dhcp4_test.py
+++ b/src/bin/dhcp4/tests/dhcp4_test.py
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@ class TestDhcpv4Daemon(unittest.TestCase):
         #
         # However, we do want to set the logging lock directory to somewhere
         # to which we can write - use the current working directory.  We then
-        # set the appropriate environment variable.  os.putenv() doesn't work
-        # on Ubuntu, so we access os.environ directly.
+        # set the appropriate environment variable.  os.putenv() may be not
+        # supported on some platforms as suggested in
+        # http://docs.python.org/release/3.2/library/os.html?highlight=putenv#os.environ:
+        # "If the platform supports the putenv() function...". It was checked
+        # that it does not work on Ubuntu. To overcome this problem we access
+        # os.environ directly.
         lockdir_envvar = "B10_LOCKFILE_DIR_FROM_BUILD"
         if lockdir_envvar not in os.environ:
             os.environ[lockdir_envvar] = os.getcwd()
diff --git a/src/bin/dhcp6/tests/dhcp6_test.py b/src/bin/dhcp6/tests/dhcp6_test.py
index 78202bd..f3099b9 100644
--- a/src/bin/dhcp6/tests/dhcp6_test.py
+++ b/src/bin/dhcp6/tests/dhcp6_test.py
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@ class TestDhcpv6Daemon(unittest.TestCase):
         #
         # However, we do want to set the logging lock directory to somewhere
         # to which we can write - use the current working directory.  We then
-        # set the appropriate environment variable.  os.putenv() doesn't work
-        # on Ubuntu, so we access os.environ directly.
+        # set the appropriate environment variable.  os.putenv() may be not
+        # supported on some platforms as suggested in
+        # http://docs.python.org/release/3.2/library/os.html?highlight=putenv#os.environ:
+        # "If the platform supports the putenv() function...". It was checked
+        # that it does not work on Ubuntu. To overcome this problem we access
+        # os.environ directly.
         lockdir_envvar = "B10_LOCKFILE_DIR_FROM_BUILD"
         if lockdir_envvar not in os.environ:
             os.environ[lockdir_envvar] = os.getcwd()