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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 64c9cda..bd43511 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 xrange(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 1400664..8d7021f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
- Issue #7039: Fixed distutils.tests.test_sysconfig when running on
installation with no build.
+Tests
+-----
+
+- Issue #7042: Fix test_signal (test_itimer_virtual) failure on OS X 10.6.
+
What's New in Python 2.6.3
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