[Tests] Move assert_start_raises_init_error method to TestNode

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
index 8efac9c475..aeb335edb3 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -281,27 +281,6 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework():
         self.stop_node(i)
         self.start_node(i, extra_args)
 
-    def assert_start_raises_init_error(self, i, extra_args=None, expected_msg=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        with tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile(max_size=2**16) as log_stderr:
-            try:
-                self.start_node(i, extra_args, stderr=log_stderr, *args, **kwargs)
-                self.stop_node(i)
-            except Exception as e:
-                assert 'bitcoind exited' in str(e)  # node must have shutdown
-                self.nodes[i].running = False
-                self.nodes[i].process = None
-                if expected_msg is not None:
-                    log_stderr.seek(0)
-                    stderr = log_stderr.read().decode('utf-8')
-                    if expected_msg not in stderr:
-                        raise AssertionError("Expected error \"" + expected_msg + "\" not found in:\n" + stderr)
-            else:
-                if expected_msg is None:
-                    assert_msg = "bitcoind should have exited with an error"
-                else:
-                    assert_msg = "bitcoind should have exited with expected error " + expected_msg
-                raise AssertionError(assert_msg)
-
     def wait_for_node_exit(self, i, timeout):
         self.nodes[i].process.wait(timeout)