changeset:   99523:fe844253cd44
branch:      3.5
user:        Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>
date:        Fri Dec 11 05:40:14 2015 +0000
files:       Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
description:
Issue #25764: Skip fork failure test when run as root


diff -r 03c4ca1a34e2 -r fe844253cd44 Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py	Fri Dec 11 05:19:29 2015 +0000
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py	Fri Dec 11 05:40:14 2015 +0000
@@ -1525,10 +1525,14 @@
         [_, hard] = limits
         setrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC, (0, hard))
         self.addCleanup(setrlimit, RLIMIT_NPROC, limits)
-        # Forking should raise EAGAIN, translated to BlockingIOError
-        with self.assertRaises(BlockingIOError):
+        try:
             subprocess.call([sys.executable, '-c', ''],
                             preexec_fn=lambda: None)
+        except BlockingIOError:
+            # Forking should raise EAGAIN, translated to BlockingIOError
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.skipTest('RLIMIT_NPROC had no effect; probably superuser')
 
     def test_args_string(self):
         # args is a string