Issue #14482: Raise a ValueError, not a NameError, when trying to create
a multiprocessing Client or Listener with an AF_UNIX type address under
Windows. Patch by Popa Claudiu.
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
index 954e901..4e45443 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
if sys.platform != 'win32' and family == 'AF_PIPE':
raise ValueError('Family %s is not recognized.' % family)
+ if sys.platform == 'win32' and family == 'AF_UNIX':
+ # double check
+ if not hasattr(socket, family):
+ raise ValueError('Family %s is not recognized.' % family)
def address_type(address):
'''
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
index b4f511c..2bcdb4e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -2649,6 +2649,10 @@
with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
multiprocessing.connection.Listener(r'\\.\test')
+ @unittest.skipUnless(WIN32, "skipped on non-Windows platforms")
+ def test_invalid_family_win32(self):
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ multiprocessing.connection.Listener('/var/test.pipe')
testcases_other = [OtherTest, TestInvalidHandle, TestInitializers,
TestStdinBadfiledescriptor, TestWait, TestInvalidFamily]
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e064b3a..0c3438a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #14482: Raise a ValueError, not a NameError, when trying to create
+ a multiprocessing Client or Listener with an AF_UNIX type address under
+ Windows. Patch by Popa Claudiu.
+
- Issue #802310: Generate always unique tkinter font names if not directly passed.
- Issue #14151: Raise a ValueError, not a NameError, when trying to create