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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
index 0e1c891..575986f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ else:
has_stat = 0
has_textmode = (tempfile._text_openflags != tempfile._bin_openflags)
+has_spawnl = hasattr(os, 'spawnl')
# TEST_FILES may need to be tweaked for systems depending on the maximum
# number of files that can be opened at one time (see ulimit -n)
@@ -323,39 +324,33 @@ class test__mkstemp_inner(TC):
def test_noinherit(self):
"""_mkstemp_inner file handles are not inherited by child processes"""
- # FIXME: Find a way to test this on Windows.
- if os.name != 'posix':
+ if not has_spawnl:
return # ugh, can't use TestSkipped.
+ if test_support.verbose:
+ v="v"
+ else:
+ v="q"
+
file = self.do_create()
+ fd = "%d" % file.fd
- # We have to exec something, so that FD_CLOEXEC will take
- # effect. The sanest thing to try is /bin/sh; we can easily
- # instruct it to attempt to write to the fd and report success
- # or failure. Unfortunately, sh syntax does not permit use of
- # fds numerically larger than 9; abandon this test if so.
- if file.fd > 9:
- raise test_support.TestSkipped, 'cannot test with fd %d' % file.fd
-
- pid = os.fork()
- if pid:
- status = os.wait()[1]
- self.failUnless(os.WIFEXITED(status),
- "child process did not exit (status %d)" % status)
-
- # We want the child to have exited _un_successfully, indicating
- # failure to write to the closed fd.
- self.failUnless(os.WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0,
- "child process exited successfully")
+ try:
+ me = __file__
+ except NameError:
+ me = sys.argv[0]
- else:
- try:
- # Throw away stderr.
- nul = os.open('/dev/null', os.O_RDWR)
- os.dup2(nul, 2)
- os.execv('/bin/sh', ['sh', '-c', 'echo blat >&%d' % file.fd])
- except:
- os._exit(0)
+ # We have to exec something, so that FD_CLOEXEC will take
+ # effect. The core of this test is therefore in
+ # tf_inherit_check.py, which see.
+ tester = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(me)),
+ "tf_inherit_check.py")
+
+ retval = os.spawnl(os.P_WAIT, sys.executable,
+ sys.executable, tester, v, fd)
+ self.failIf(retval < 0,
+ "child process caught fatal signal %d" % -retval)
+ self.failIf(retval > 0, "child process reports failure")
def test_textmode(self):
"""_mkstemp_inner can create files in text mode"""