skip test_itimer_virtual on NetBSD to prevent the test suite from hanging.

gpshead · gpshead · commit 0f61dd0787e4 · 2010-10-17T02:57:19.000Z
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_signal.py b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ def test_itimer_real(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.hndl_called, True)
 
     # Issue 3864, unknown if this affects earlier versions of freebsd also
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform=='freebsd6',
-        'itimer not reliable (does not mix well with threading) on freebsd6')
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform in ('freebsd6', 'netbsd5'),
+        'itimer not reliable (does not mix well with threading) on some BSDs.')
     def test_itimer_virtual(self):
         self.itimer = signal.ITIMER_VIRTUAL
         signal.signal(signal.SIGVTALRM, self.sig_vtalrm)
