changeset:   90813:fef11a65a5e5
branch:      2.7
parent:      90808:c7ee46ed2d70
user:        Ned Deily <nad@acm.org>
date:        Fri May 23 21:28:02 2014 -0700
files:       Lib/test/test_support.py
description:
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).


diff -r c7ee46ed2d70 -r fef11a65a5e5 Lib/test/test_support.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py	Fri May 23 23:57:46 2014 +0300
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py	Fri May 23 21:28:02 2014 -0700
@@ -326,7 +326,9 @@
                 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()