xmlrunner does not support ]]> in error messages and std{out/err}

[Artur R. Czechowski]

Following simple test snippet:

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#!/usr/bin/env python
import unittest
import xmlrunner

class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
    def testFoo(self):
        self.assertTrue(False, ']]>')

unittest.main(testRunner=xmlrunner.XMLTestRunner(output='test-reports'))
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results with unhandled exception:

ValueError: ']]>' not allowed in a CDATA section

Multiple CDATA sections can be added in a manner that will result with following final output:

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        <error message="]]&gt;" type="AssertionError">
<![CDATA[Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./t.py", line 7, in testFoo
    self.assertTrue(False, ']]]]><![CDATA[>')
AssertionError: ]]]]><![CDATA[>
]]> </error>
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[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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