[Python-checkins] r78281 - python/trunk/Lib/test/test_curses.py

Sun Feb 21 14:37:53 CET 2010

Author: mark.dickinson
Date: Sun Feb 21 14:37:53 2010
New Revision: 78281
Log:
Issue #7384: skip test_curses on FreeBSD, in order to allow other buildbot tests to complete.
Modified:
 python/trunk/Lib/test/test_curses.py
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/test/test_curses.py
==============================================================================

--- python/trunk/Lib/test/test_curses.py	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/test/test_curses.py	Sun Feb 21 14:37:53 2010
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 curses = import_module('curses')
 curses.panel = import_module('curses.panel')
 
+# skip all these tests on FreeBSD: test_curses currently hangs the
+# FreeBSD buildbots, preventing other tests from running. See issue
+# #7384.
+if 'freebsd' in sys.platform:
+ raise unittest.SkipTest('The curses module is broken on FreeBSD. See http://bugs.python.org/issue7384.')
+
 # XXX: if newterm was supported we could use it instead of initscr and not exit
 term = os.environ.get('TERM')
 if not term or term == 'unknown':
