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r75236 | mark.dickinson | 2009-10-04 19:38:39 +0100 (Sun, 04 Oct 2009) | 4 lines
Issue #7042: Fix test_signal failure on OS X 10.6 64-bit builds
(and also, with luck, on the x86 FreeBSD buildbot), by making sure
that some user time is used in test_itimer_virtual.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_signal.py b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
index 5fc4220..4e06a34 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_signal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
@@ -361,6 +361,8 @@
signal.setitimer(self.itimer, 0.3, 0.2)
for i in range(100000000):
+ # use up some virtual time by doing real work
+ _ = pow(12345, 67890, 10000019)
if signal.getitimer(self.itimer) == (0.0, 0.0):
break # sig_vtalrm handler stopped this itimer
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9b8c820..e673d61 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@
Tests
-----
+- Issue #7042: Fix test_signal (test_itimer_virtual) failure on OS X 10.6.
+
- Fixed tests in importlib.test.source.test_abc_loader that were masking
the proper exceptions that should be raised for missing or improper code
object bytecode.