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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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 Tests
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+- Issue #7042: Fix test_signal (test_itimer_virtual) failure on OS X 10.6.
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 - 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.