[issue3111] multiprocessing ppc Debian/ ia64 Ubuntu compilation error

[Jesse Noller]

Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> added the comment:

I believe this is a Linux-specific problem relating to chroot jails 
missing the /dev/shm filesystem. 

I am suggesting we skip the test for now if /dev/shm does not exist, 
via:

if (sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
    if not os.path.exists("/dev/shm"):
        raise TestSkipped("Missing required /dev/shm device on Linux!")

at the top of test_multiprocessing.py

Anyone see a problem with this?

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nosy: +Rhamphoryncus, benjamin.peterson

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