Issue #4397. Fix occasional test_socket failure on OS X.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 1287dd1..eaf9bcb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -584,6 +584,10 @@
# Testing shutdown()
msg = self.cli_conn.recv(1024)
self.assertEqual(msg, MSG)
+ # wait for _testShutdown to finish: on OS X, when the server
+ # closes the connection the client also becomes disconnected,
+ # and the client's shutdown call will fail. (Issue #4937.)
+ self.done.wait()
def _testShutdown(self):
self.serv_conn.send(MSG)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9ced73d..96d40a9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -357,6 +357,8 @@
Extension Modules
-----------------
+- Issue #4937: Fix occasional test_socket failure on OS X.
+
- Issue #4279: Fix build of parsermodule under Cygwin.
- Issue #4051: Prevent conflict of UNICODE macros in cPickle.