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':