Issue #16762: Fix some test_subprocess failures on NetBSD and OpenBSD: kill()

returns ESRCH for a zombie process, which is not POSIX-compliant.

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 75eb852cc97f7ad1b36bc25149921f6ab5ea42a3..921328f001afe21ea6f123a2a9c6a762aa2afc19 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -1206,6 +1206,8 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
         getattr(p, method)(*args)
         return p
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith(('netbsd', 'openbsd')),
+                     "Due to known OS bug (issue #16762)")
     def _kill_dead_process(self, method, *args):
         # Do not inherit file handles from the parent.
         # It should fix failures on some platforms.