Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> writes:

> * gnu/packages/python-web.scm (python-s3transfer)[arguments]: Add a 'patch
> phase to fix a test to work under Python 3.8.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/python-web.scm | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
> index 27749246d8..56887ef9d4 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
> @@ -2204,6 +2204,15 @@ Betamax.")
>      (arguments
>       `(#:phases
>         (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +         (add-after 'unpack 'patch
> +           (lambda _
> +             ;; There's a small issue with one test with Python 3.8, this
> +             ;; change has been suggested upstream:
> +             ;; https://github.com/boto/s3transfer/pull/164
> +             (substitute* "tests/unit/test_s3transfer.py"
> +               (("super\\(FailedDownloadParts, self\\)\\.submit\\(function\\)")
> +                "futures.Future()"))
> +             #t))
>           (replace 'check
>             (lambda _
>               ;; Some of the 'integration' tests require network access or

I pushed this as c63bd847816061e76389e93dc094df98800f081b back on the
4th of May, but forgot to close the bug.