Message 392498 - Python tracker

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Yes, test_compileall can still fail for this reason on Windows. From a run just now with -j0 (same as -j10 on this box, which has 8 logical cores: a -j value <= 0 is treated the same as "2 + number of logical cores"):

"""
Compiling 'C:\\Code\\Python\\lib\\types.py'...

*** PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Code\\Python\\lib\\__pycache__\\types.cpython-310.pyc.2205988433776' -> 'C:\\Code\\Python\\lib\\__pycache__\\types.cpython-310.pyc'
"""

I did nothing in particular to try to provoke it. "It's random." So is the specific .py fail it fails on.