[3.6] bpo-31178: Mock os.waitpid() in test_subprocess (GH-3896) (#3897)

Fix test_exception_errpipe_bad_data() and
test_exception_errpipe_normal() of test_subprocess: mock os.waitpid()
to avoid calling the real os.waitpid(0, 0) which is an unexpected
side effect of the test.
(cherry picked from commit 11045c9d8a21dd9bd182a3939189db02815f9783)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 391d08cd9c3c3a7e427aae96adfa3ffdc3ad5ce5..5016513decd8c7c6d553fdebe404929dae35074b 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -1568,8 +1568,10 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
         fork_exec.side_effect = proper_error
 
-        with self.assertRaises(IsADirectoryError):
-            self.PopenNoDestructor(["non_existent_command"])
+        with mock.patch("subprocess.os.waitpid",
+                        side_effect=ChildProcessError):
+            with self.assertRaises(IsADirectoryError):
+                self.PopenNoDestructor(["non_existent_command"])
 
     @mock.patch("subprocess._posixsubprocess.fork_exec")
     def test_exception_errpipe_bad_data(self, fork_exec):
@@ -1586,8 +1588,10 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
         fork_exec.side_effect = bad_error
 
-        with self.assertRaises(subprocess.SubprocessError) as e:
-            self.PopenNoDestructor(["non_existent_command"])
+        with mock.patch("subprocess.os.waitpid",
+                        side_effect=ChildProcessError):
+            with self.assertRaises(subprocess.SubprocessError) as e:
+                self.PopenNoDestructor(["non_existent_command"])
 
         self.assertIn(repr(error_data), str(e.exception))