From 4baca1b0f7325032598cd38e7ceffc79b616d255 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victor Stinner Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 17:44:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-31160: Fix test_builtin for zombie process (#3043) PtyTests.run_child() now calls os.waitpid() to read the exit status of the child process to avoid creating zombie process and leaking processes in the background. --- Lib/test/test_builtin.py | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py index a83d20f434..219a08abd3 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py @@ -1568,6 +1568,10 @@ class PtyTests(unittest.TestCase): self.fail("got %d lines in pipe but expected 2, child output was:\n%s" % (len(lines), child_output)) os.close(fd) + + pid, status = os.waitpid(pid, 0) + self.assertEqual(status, 0) + return lines def check_input_tty(self, prompt, terminal_input, stdio_encoding=None): -- 2.50.1