Andrew I MacIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I've had a chance to do some testing and it _is_ related to the itimer tests (in test_wait4).
This is with r66550: $ ./python -E -tt ./Lib/test/regrtest.py -l -v test_wait4 test_signal test_wait4 test_wait (test.test_wait4.Wait4Test) ... ok ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ran 1 test in 5.007s OK test_signal test_getsignal (test.test_signal.BasicSignalTests) ... ok test_out_of_range_signal_number_raises_error (test.test_signal.BasicSignalTests) ... ok test_setting_signal_handler_to_none_raises_error (test.test_signal.BasicSignalTests) ... ok test_main (test.test_signal.InterProcessSignalTests) ... FAIL test_wakeup_fd_during (test.test_signal.WakeupSignalTests) ... ok test_wakeup_fd_early (test.test_signal.WakeupSignalTests) ... ok test_siginterrupt_off (test.test_signal.SiginterruptTest) ... ok test_siginterrupt_on (test.test_signal.SiginterruptTest) ... ok test_without_siginterrupt (test.test_signal.SiginterruptTest) ... ok test_itimer_exc (test.test_signal.ItimerTest) ... ok test_itimer_prof (test.test_signal.ItimerTest) ... Running only test_signal: $ ./python -E -tt ./Lib/test/regrtest.py -l -v test_signal test_signal test_getsignal (test.test_signal.BasicSignalTests) ... ok test_out_of_range_signal_number_raises_error (test.test_signal.BasicSignalTests) ... ok test_setting_signal_handler_to_none_raises_error (test.test_signal.BasicSignalTe sts) ... ok test_main (test.test_signal.InterProcessSignalTests) ... ok test_wakeup_fd_during (test.test_signal.WakeupSignalTests) ... ok test_wakeup_fd_early (test.test_signal.WakeupSignalTests) ... ok test_siginterrupt_off (test.test_signal.SiginterruptTest) ... ok test_siginterrupt_on (test.test_signal.SiginterruptTest) ... ok test_without_siginterrupt (test.test_signal.SiginterruptTest) ... ok test_itimer_exc (test.test_signal.ItimerTest) ... ok test_itimer_prof (test.test_signal.ItimerTest) ... ('SIGPROF handler invoked', ( 27, <frame object at 0x83c860c>)) ok test_itimer_real (test.test_signal.ItimerTest) ... call pause()... ('SIGALRM handler invoked', (14, <frame object at 0x83c8c0c>)) ok test_itimer_virtual (test.test_signal.ItimerTest) ... ('SIGVTALRM handler invoke d', (26, <frame object at 0x83c920c>)) ('SIGVTALRM handler invoked', (26, <frame object at 0x83c920c>)) ('SIGVTALRM handler invoked', (26, <frame object at 0x83c920c>)) last SIGVTALRM handler call ('SIGVTALRM handler invoked', (26, <frame object at 0x83c920c>)) ok ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ran 13 tests in 6.534s OK 1 test OK. Noting the interprocess signal test failure, I tried deactivating it and the itimer tests still go off into the never never (using all available CPU cycles too). _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3864> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com