Issue #12250: regrtest --timeout displays a warning instead of failing with an
error if faulthandler.dump_tracebacks_later() is missing (e.g. if Python is
compiled without threads).
diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 529734a..968b59d 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -415,12 +415,13 @@
# join it with the saved CWD so it ends up where the user expects.
testdir = os.path.join(support.SAVEDCWD, a)
elif o == '--timeout':
- if not hasattr(faulthandler, 'dump_tracebacks_later'):
- print("The timeout option requires "
- "faulthandler.dump_tracebacks_later", file=sys.stderr)
- sys.exit(1)
- timeout = float(a)
- if timeout <= 0:
+ if hasattr(faulthandler, 'dump_tracebacks_later'):
+ timeout = float(a)
+ if timeout <= 0:
+ timeout = None
+ else:
+ print("Warning: The timeout option requires "
+ "faulthandler.dump_tracebacks_later")
timeout = None
elif o == '--wait':
input("Press any key to continue...")