AIX: OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument when history file is empty and no lines are written #105694
Description
Bug report
With an empty .python_history file:
$ python3
Python 3.7.15 (default, Dec 15 2022, 03:08:16)
[GCC 8.3.0] on aix7
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> (just press Ctrl-D)
Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/freeware/lib64/python3.7/site.py", line 449, in write_history
readline.write_history_file(history)
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument
Here's another non-interactive test-case
$ > /tmp/foo
$ python3 -c "import readline; readline.write_history_file('/tmp/foo')"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument
Your environment
- CPython versions tested on:
$ python3 --version
Python 3.7.15
$ rpm -q python3
python3-3.7.15-2.ppc
$ rpm -q readline
readline-8.1-1.ppc
This is the latest available python3 version available from YUM repository.
- Operating system and architecture:
AIX 7.2, TL5 SP5, PowerPC:
$ oslevel -s
7200-05-05-2246