[issue12950] multiprocessing "test_fd_transfer" fails under OpenIndiana

[Jesús Cea Avión]

New submission from Jesús Cea Avión <jcea at jcea.es>:

Buildbots running OpenIndiana 147 show failures in multiprocessing "test_fd_transfer":

"""
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ERROR: test_fd_transfer (test.test_multiprocessing.WithProcessesTestConnection)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/export/home/buildbot/32bits/3.2.cea-indiana-x86/build/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py", line 1597, in test_fd_transfer
    reduction.send_handle(conn, fd, p.pid)
  File "/export/home/buildbot/32bits/3.2.cea-indiana-x86/build/Lib/multiprocessing/reduction.py", line 80, in send_handle
    _multiprocessing.sendfd(conn.fileno(), handle)
OSError: [Errno 9] Bad file number

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ERROR: test_large_fd_transfer (test.test_multiprocessing.WithProcessesTestConnection)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/export/home/buildbot/32bits/3.2.cea-indiana-x86/build/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py", line 1626, in test_large_fd_transfer
    reduction.send_handle(conn, newfd, p.pid)
  File "/export/home/buildbot/32bits/3.2.cea-indiana-x86/build/Lib/multiprocessing/reduction.py", line 80, in send_handle
    _multiprocessing.sendfd(conn.fileno(), handle)
OSError: [Errno 9] Bad file number

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"""

Buildbots are running OpenIndiana 147 (this is not the last OI version, could be a OI bug).

This test seem to work correctly under Solaris 10 Update 9.

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messages: 143787
nosy: jcea
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: multiprocessing "test_fd_transfer" fails under OpenIndiana
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3

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