[issue11240] Running unit tests in a command line tool leads to infinite loop with multiprocessing on Windows

[Matt Chaput]

New submission from Matt Chaput <matt at whoosh.ca>:

If you start unit tests with a command line such as "python setup.py test" or "nosetests", if the tested code starts a multiprocessing.Process on Windows, each new process will act as if it was started as "python setup.py test"/"nosetests", leading to an infinite explosion of processes that eventually locks up the entire machine.

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components: Windows
messages: 128768
nosy: mattchaput
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Running unit tests in a command line tool leads to infinite loop with multiprocessing on Windows
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7

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