force_test_exit(): This has been completely ineffective
at stopping test_signal from hanging forever on the Tru64
buildbot. That could be because there's no such thing as
signal.SIGALARM. Changed to the idiotic (but standard)
signal.SIGALRM instead, and added some more debug output.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_signal.py b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
index a6267d2..694e3f0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_signal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
x = '-x'
else:
x = '+x'
+
pid = os.getpid()
+if verbose:
+ print "test runner's pid is", pid
# Shell script that will send us asynchronous signals
script = """
@@ -89,7 +92,8 @@
time.sleep(MAX_DURATION + 5)
print >> sys.__stdout__, ' child should not have to kill parent'
for i in range(3):
- os.kill(pid, signal.SIGALARM)
+ os.kill(pid, signal.SIGALRM)
+ print >> sys.__stdout__, " child sent SIGALRM to", pid
finally:
os._exit(0)
# In parent (or error)