Fix sporadic failure in test_startfile.
Wait for the child process to terminate before ending the test, so that the
regrtest cleanup code doesn't get an error when it tries to delete the
temporary CWD.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_startfile.py b/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
index 7a003eb..dd505bf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_startfile.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
from test import support
import os
from os import path
+from time import sleep
startfile = support.get_attribute(os, 'startfile')
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@
empty = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "empty.vbs")
startfile(empty)
startfile(empty, "open")
+ # Give the child process some time to exit before we finish.
+ # Otherwise the cleanup code will not be able to delete the cwd,
+ # because it is still in use.
+ sleep(0.1)
def test_main():
support.run_unittest(TestCase)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 022ad20..8063d02 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@
Tests
-----
+- Fix test_startfile to wait for child process to terminate before finishing.
+
- Issue #11719: Fix message about unexpected test_msilib skip on non-Windows
platforms. Patch by Nadeem Vawda.