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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2007-04-09 00:41:25 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2007-04-09 00:41:25 (GMT)
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Make sure that a forked child process exits even if it raises an exception.
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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_mailbox.py10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
index 181e32b..803edd5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
@@ -735,10 +735,12 @@ class _TestMboxMMDF(TestMailbox):
pid = os.fork()
if pid == 0:
# In the child, lock the mailbox.
- self._box.lock()
- time.sleep(2)
- self._box.unlock()
- os._exit(0)
+ try:
+ self._box.lock()
+ time.sleep(2)
+ self._box.unlock()
+ finally:
+ os._exit(0)
# In the parent, sleep a bit to give the child time to acquire
# the lock.