bpo-41540: AIX: skip test that is flaky with a default ulimit. (#21890)
- AIX has extreme over-allocation that is in no relation to the physical
RAM and swap.diff --git a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
index 113b37d..dbd58e8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
@@ -5661,6 +5661,9 @@
self.assertEqual(Decimal.from_float(cls(101.1)),
Decimal.from_float(101.1))
+ # Issue 41540:
+ @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith("aix"),
+ "AIX: default ulimit: test is flaky because of extreme over-allocation")
def test_maxcontext_exact_arith(self):
# Make sure that exact operations do not raise MemoryError due