diff --git a/test/bug.697.t b/test/bug.697.t
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+#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright 2006 - 2015, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+# in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+# OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+#
+# http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+#
+###############################################################################
+
+import sys
+import os
+import unittest
+# Ensure python finds the local simpletap module
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+from basetest import Task, TestCase
+
+
+class TestBug697(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Executed before each test in the class"""
+        self.t = Task()
+
+    @unittest.expectedFailure
+    def test_blocking_to_recurring(self):
+        """Verify that making a blocking task into a recurring task breaks dependencies
+
+           Bug 697: Making a blocking task recur breaks dependency.
+             1. Create 2 tasks: "foo" and "bar".
+             2. Give "bar" a due date.
+             3. Make "foo" depend on "bar".
+             4. Make "bar" recur yearly.
+        """
+        self.t("add one")
+        self.t("add two")
+        self.t("2 modify due:eom")
+        self.t("1 modify depends:2")
+        self.t("2 modify recur:yearly")
+        self.t("list") # GC/handleRecurrence
+
+        # The problem is that although 1 --> 2, 2 is now a recurring parent, and as 1
+        # depends on the parent UUID, it is not something transferred to the child on
+        # generation, because the dependency belongs with 1, not 2.
+
+        code, out, err = self.t("_get 1.tag.BLOCKED")
+        self.assertEqual("BLOCKED\n", out)
+
+        code, out, err = self.t("_get 2.tag.BLOCKING")
+        self.assertEqual("BLOCKING\n", out)
+
+        code, out, err = self.t("_get 3.tag.BLOCKED")
+        self.assertEqual("BLOCKED\n", out)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from simpletap import TAPTestRunner
+    unittest.main(testRunner=TAPTestRunner())
+
+# vim: ai sts=4 et sw=4
diff --git a/test/bug.697.x b/test/bug.697.x
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--- a/test/bug.697.x
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-#! /usr/bin/env perl
-################################################################################
-##
-## Copyright 2006 - 2015, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
-##
-## Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-## of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-## in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-## to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-## copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-## furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-##
-## The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-## in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-##
-## THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-## OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
-## THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-## LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-## OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-## SOFTWARE.
-##
-## http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-##
-################################################################################
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 3;
-
-# Create the rc file.
-if (open my $fh, '>', 'bug.rc')
-{
-  print $fh "data.location=.\n";
-  close $fh;
-}
-
-# Bug 697: Making a blocking task recur breaks dependency.
-#   1. Create 2 tasks: "foo" and "bar".
-#   2. Give "bar" a due date.
-#   3. Make "foo" depend on "bar".
-#   4. Make "bar" recur yearly.
-qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc add foo 2>&1};
-qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc add bar 2>&1};
-qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc 2 modify due:eom 2>&1};
-qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc 1 modify depends:2 2>&1};
-qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc 2 modify recur:yearly 2>&1};
-qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc ls}; # Generate child recurring tasks.
-
-# Here is the pending.data:
-#
-# [depends:"0e200da3-7d73-44e8-9a51-6b0263414db6" description:"foo" entry:"1330839054" status:"pending" uuid:"dcd04ff6-c074-47d3-9346-211a1b739bdd"]
-# [description:"bar" due:"1333166400" entry:"1330839054" mask:"-" recur:"yearly" status:"recurring" uuid:"0e200da3-7d73-44e8-9a51-6b0263414db6"]
-# [description:"bar" due:"1333166400" entry:"1330839054" imask:"0" parent:"0e200da3-7d73-44e8-9a51-6b0263414db6" recur:"yearly" status:"pending" uuid:"538daa82-d481-4033-b98e-06e98fbe1073"]
-#
-# The problem is that although 1 --> 2, 2 is now a recurring parent, and as 1
-# depends on the parent's UUID, it is not something transferred to the child on
-# generation, because the dependency belongs with 1, not 2.
-
-my $output = qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc 1 info 2>&1};
-like ($output, qr/is blocked by\s+2/, 'verified 1 --> 2');
-
-$output = qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc 2 info 2>&1};
-like ($output, qr/is blocking\s+1/, 'verified 2 <-- 1');
-
-$output = qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc 3 info 2>&1};
-like ($output, qr/is blocked by\s+2/, 'verified 1 --> 2');
-
-# Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data bug.rc);
-exit 0;
-