run-tests.py: inherit PYTHONHASHSEED from environment if set This makes it possible to fix the seed by using for instance PYTHONHASHSEED=7 ./run-tests.py ... This can be very convenient when trying to debug problems that are influenced by hash values. Try different seed values until you find one that triggers the bad behaviour and then keep that while debugging. The value 0 will restore default Python behavior and disable randomization.

--- a/tests/run-tests.py	Tue Jan 29 15:25:33 2013 +0100
+++ b/tests/run-tests.py	Tue Jan 29 20:03:51 2013 +0100
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@
     os.environ['no_proxy'] = ''
     os.environ['NO_PROXY'] = ''
     os.environ['TERM'] = 'xterm'
-    os.environ['PYTHONHASHSEED'] = 'random'
+    os.environ['PYTHONHASHSEED'] = os.environ.get('PYTHONHASHSEED', 'random')
 
     # unset env related to hooks
     for k in os.environ.keys():