[issue16463] testConnectTimeout of test_timeout TCPTimeoutTestCasefailures fails intermittently

[Ned Deily]

Ned Deily added the comment:

Also fails occasionally on OS X 3.3 and 3.x with much smaller deltas:

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FAIL: testConnectTimeout (test.test_timeout.TCPTimeoutTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/db3l/buildarea/3.3.bolen-tiger/build/Lib/test/test_timeout.py", line 222, in testConnectTimeout
    self._sock_operation(1, 0.001, 'connect', self.addr_remote)
  File "/Users/db3l/buildarea/3.3.bolen-tiger/build/Lib/test/test_timeout.py", line 126, in _sock_operation
    self.assertLess(delta, timeout + self.fuzz)
AssertionError: 2.0828001499176025 not less than 2.001

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FAIL: testConnectTimeout (test.test_timeout.TCPTimeoutTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/db3l/buildarea/3.x.bolen-tiger/build/Lib/test/test_timeout.py", line 222, in testConnectTimeout
    self._sock_operation(1, 0.001, 'connect', self.addr_remote)
  File "/Users/db3l/buildarea/3.x.bolen-tiger/build/Lib/test/test_timeout.py", line 126, in _sock_operation
    self.assertLess(delta, timeout + self.fuzz)
AssertionError: 2.0782082080841064 not less than 2.001

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nosy: +ned.deily, trent
stage:  -> needs patch
title: test_timeout failure on the RHEL buildbot -> testConnectTimeout of test_timeout TCPTimeoutTestCasefailures fails intermittently
versions:  -Python 3.2

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