Issue #12429: Skip interrupted write tests on FreeBSD <= 7

Victor Stinner · Victor Stinner · commit cd1aa0d5eaab · 2011-07-04T11:48:17.000+02:00
On FreeBSD, the SIGALRM signal is sometimes received by the reader thread.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io.py b/Lib/test/test_io.py
@@ -2651,6 +2651,8 @@ def alarm_interrupt(self, sig, frame):
         1/0
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(threading, 'Threading required for this test.')
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform in ('freebsd5', 'freebsd6', 'freebsd7'),
+                     'issue #12429: skip test on FreeBSD <= 7')
     def check_interrupted_write(self, item, bytes, **fdopen_kwargs):
         """Check that a partial write, when it gets interrupted, properly
         invokes the signal handler, and bubbles up the exception raised
