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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2011-06-06 21:43:02 (GMT)
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2011-06-06 21:43:02 (GMT)
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Use a sleep for test_subprocess timeout test
instead of an active loop (while True: pass) to limit race conditions.
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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_subprocess.py5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 7d4ca2c..b52d8e8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -127,9 +127,10 @@ class ProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
with self.assertRaises(subprocess.TimeoutExpired) as c:
output = subprocess.check_output(
[sys.executable, "-c",
- "import sys; sys.stdout.write('BDFL')\n"
+ "import sys, time\n"
+ "sys.stdout.write('BDFL')\n"
"sys.stdout.flush()\n"
- "while True: pass"],
+ "time.sleep(3600)"],
# Some heavily loaded buildbots (sparc Debian 3.x) require
# this much time to start and print.
timeout=3)