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r80144 | r.david.murray | 2010-04-17 01:26:26 -0400 (Sat, 17 Apr 2010) | 8 lines
Issue #3864: Skip three test_signal tests on freebsd6 due to platform bug.
Two itimer tests and an interprocess signal test fail on FreeBSD 6 if
any test that starts a thread runs before test_signal. Since FreeBSD7
does not show this behavior, the bug is most likely a platform bug,
so this patch just skips the failing tests on freebsd6.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -1096,6 +1096,9 @@
Tests
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+- Issue #3864: Skip three test_signal tests on freebsd6 because they fail
+ if any thread was previously started, most likely due to a platform bug.
+
- Issue #8193: Fix test_zlib failure with zlib 1.2.4.
- Issue #8248: Add some tests for the bool type. Patch by Gregory Nofi.