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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading.py b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
index 4e87437..c8f9cac 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threading.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
@@ -380,6 +380,12 @@ class ThreadJoinOnShutdown(unittest.TestCase):
import os
if not hasattr(os, 'fork'):
return
+ # Skip platforms with known problems forking from a worker thread.
+ # See http://bugs.python.org/issue3863.
+ if sys.platform in ('freebsd4', 'freebsd5', 'freebsd6', 'os2emx'):
+ print >>sys.stderr, ('Skipping test_3_join_in_forked_from_thread'
+ ' due to known OS bugs on'), sys.platform
+ return
script = """if 1:
main_thread = threading.current_thread()
def worker():