[issue19227] test_multiprocessing_xxx hangs under Gentoo buildbots

[Charles-François Natali]

Charles-François Natali added the comment:

> R. David Murray added the comment:

OSError: [Errno 23] Too many open files in system:
'/home/rdmurray/p34/Lib/tarfile.py'

Well, the buildbot is hitting ENFILE.
Try to run "lsof" as root, to see which process (more likely
processes) have so many open files.
Also, you should check the value of "/proc/sys/fs/file-max", although
the default value should be more than enough.

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