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ERROR: test_exist_ok_existing_directory (__main__.MakedirTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Lib/test/test_os.py", line 842, in test_exist_ok_existing_directory
    os.makedirs(path, mode=mode, exist_ok=True)
  File "/home/greg/sandbox/python/cpython/default/Lib/os.py", line 161, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)
FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists (mode 0o2755 != desired mode 0o755): '@test_4027_tmp/dir1'

(I modified os.makedirs to add the info on the mode differences above to highlight the source of the problem)

0o2000 is the S_ISGID bit on a directory which is a "contagious" bit that is automatically copied onto subdirectories.  os.makedirs is not expecting to find it so exist_ok does not work as desired.

Workaround: Don't run the Python test suite from a directory with that bit set.

I think the os.makedirs() behavior should be to ignore bits that can appear regardless of the umask as it makes exist_ok=True useless in that situation.

New changeset fef529f3de5b by Gregory P. Smith in branch '3.2':
Fixes Issue #14992: os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True) would raise an OSError
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/fef529f3de5b

New changeset eed26e508b7e by Gregory P. Smith in branch 'default':
Fixes Issue #14992: os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True) would raise an OSError
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/eed26e508b7e

See also issue 13498.

New changeset 3f42c9dbd8a7 by Ned Deily in branch '3.2':
Issue #14992: Prevent test_os test_exist_ok_s_isgid_directory test case
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3f42c9dbd8a7

New changeset a1c8c79e035d by Ned Deily in branch 'default':
Issue #14992: merge from 3.2
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a1c8c79e035d