Issue #11569: use absolute path to the sysctl command in multiprocessing to
ensure that it will be found regardless of the shell PATH. This ensures
that multiprocessing.cpu_count works on default installs of MacOSX.
Patch by Steffen Daode Nurpmeso.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index a1f620f..5d617da 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@
Joe Norton
Neal Norwitz
Michal Nowikowski
+Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
Nigel O'Brian
Kevin O'Connor
Tim O'Malley
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index af1ba7f..0c5b7f2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
Library
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+- Issue #11569: use absolute path to the sysctl command in multiprocessing to
+ ensure that it will be found regardless of the shell PATH. This ensures
+ that multiprocessing.cpu_count works on default installs of MacOSX.
+
- Issue #11500: Fixed a bug in the os x proxy bypass code for fully qualified
IP addresses in the proxy exception list.