[Python-checkins] cpython (3.4): Issue #18604: Skip the Tk instantiation test on OS X because it can

[ned.deily]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/7ecb6e4b1077
changeset:   90556:7ecb6e4b1077
branch:      3.4
parent:      90550:b8f5c8d07365
user:        Ned Deily <nad at acm.org>
date:        Sat May 03 19:24:05 2014 -0700
summary:
  Issue #18604: Skip the Tk instantiation test on OS X because it can
cause GUI tests to segfault in Cocoa Tk when run under regrtest -j
(multiple threads running subprocesses).

files:
  Lib/test/support/__init__.py |  4 +++-
  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -434,7 +434,9 @@
                 reason = "cannot run without OS X gui process"
 
     # check on every platform whether tkinter can actually do anything
-    if not reason:
+    # but skip the test on OS X because it can cause segfaults in Cocoa Tk
+    # when running regrtest with the -j option (multiple threads/subprocesses)
+    if (not reason) and (sys.platform != 'darwin'):
         try:
             from tkinter import Tk
             root = Tk()

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython