Issue #12981: test_multiprocessing: catch ImportError when importing

Charles-François Natali · Charles-François Natali · commit fba2b6b45470 · 2011-09-21T18:49:18.000+02:00
multiprocessing.reduction, which may not be available (e.g. if the OS doesn't
support FD passing over Unix domain sockets).
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -1693,6 +1693,7 @@ def test_large_fd_transfer(self):
     def _send_data_without_fd(self, conn):
         os.write(conn.fileno(), b"\0")
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(HAS_REDUCTION, "test needs multiprocessing.reduction")
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "win32", "doesn't make sense on Windows")
     def test_missing_fd_transfer(self):
         # Check that exception is raised when received data is not
