Try to prevent this test from being flaky. We might need a sleep in here
which isn't as bad as it sounds. The close() *should* raise an exception,
so if it didn't we should give more time to sync and really raise it.
Will backport.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_resource.py b/Lib/test/test_resource.py
index 3ff31bb..f7c2976 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_resource.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_resource.py
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@
f.write("Y")
f.flush()
# On some systems (e.g., Ubuntu on hppa) the flush()
- # doesn't cause the exception, but the close() does.
- f.close()
+ # doesn't always cause the exception, but the close()
+ # does eventually. Try closing several times in
+ # an attempt to ensure the file is really synced and
+ # the exception raised.
+ for i in range(5):
+ f.close()
except IOError:
if not limit_set:
raise