When I try to run the unit tests with tests/run.py they fail because
this directory is missing: tests/root/_build

If I simply create the directory and run the tests, they pass.


Running Sphinx test suite...
EEE...
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ERROR: test_config.test_core_config
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 182, in runTest
    self.test(*self.arg)
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/tests/test_config.py",
line 20, in test_core_config
    cfg = TestApp(confoverrides=overrides).config
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/tests/util.py",
line 106, in __init__
    freshenv)
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/sphinx/application.py",
line 101, in __init__
    self.builder = builderclass(self, freshenv=freshenv)
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/sphinx/builder.py",
line 58, in __init__
    os.mkdir(self.doctreedir)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/tests/root/_build/doctrees'

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ERROR: test_config.test_extension_values
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 182, in runTest
    self.test(*self.arg)
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/tests/test_config.py",
line 65, in test_extension_values
    app = TestApp()
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/tests/util.py",
line 106, in __init__
    freshenv)
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/sphinx/application.py",
line 101, in __init__
    self.builder = builderclass(self, freshenv=freshenv)
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/sphinx/builder.py",
line 58, in __init__
    os.mkdir(self.doctreedir)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/tests/root/_build/doctrees'

======================================================================
ERROR: Failure: OSError ([Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/tests/root/_build/doctrees')
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/nose/loader.py", line 364, in
loadTestsFromName
    addr.filename, addr.module)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/nose/importer.py", line 39, in
importFromPath
    return self.importFromDir(dir_path, fqname)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/nose/importer.py", line 84, in
importFromDir
    mod = load_module(part_fqname, fh, filename, desc)
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/tests/test_markup.py",
line 21, in <module>
    app = TestApp()
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/tests/util.py",
line 106, in __init__
    freshenv)
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/sphinx/application.py",
line 101, in __init__
    self.builder = builderclass(self, freshenv=freshenv)
  File
"/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/sphinx/builder.py",
line 58, in __init__
    os.mkdir(self.doctreedir)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/sphinx-0.4.2-r1/work/Sphinx-0.4.2/tests/root/_build/doctrees'

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Ran 6 tests in 3.785s

FAILED (errors=3)