skip test_itimer_virtual on NetBSD to prevent the test suite from hanging.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_signal.py b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
index 1f15ff7..83ac669 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_signal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@
self.assertEqual(self.hndl_called, True)
# Issue 3864, unknown if this affects earlier versions of freebsd also
- @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform=='freebsd6',
- 'itimer not reliable (does not mix well with threading) on freebsd6')
+ @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform in ('freebsd6', 'netbsd5'),
+ 'itimer not reliable (does not mix well with threading) on some BSDs.')
def test_itimer_virtual(self):
self.itimer = signal.ITIMER_VIRTUAL
signal.signal(signal.SIGVTALRM, self.sig_vtalrm)