test_signal is failing on osx g4: test test_signal failed -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/buildslave/bb/trunk.psf-g4/build/Lib/test/test_signal.py", line 151, in test_main self.fail(tb) AssertionError: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/buildslave/bb/trunk.psf-g4/build/Lib/test/test_signal.py", line 134, in test_main self.run_test() File "/Users/buildslave/bb/trunk.psf-g4/build/Lib/test/test_signal.py", line 80, in run_test child = subprocess.Popen(['kill', '-HUP', str(pid)]) File "/Users/buildslave/bb/trunk.psf-g4/build/Lib/subprocess.py", line 593, in __init__ errread, errwrite) File "/Users/buildslave/bb/trunk.psf-g4/build/Lib/subprocess.py", line 1078, in _execute_child data = os.read(errpipe_read, 1048576) # Exceptions limited to 1 MB OSError: [Errno 4] Interrupted system call This is the code which reads stderr from the child process: data = os.read(errpipe_read, 1048576) # Exceptions limited to 1 MB os.close(errpipe_read) if data != "": os.waitpid(self.pid, 0) child_exception = pickle.loads(data) raise child_exception I'm not an expert in this stuff my any stretch of the imagination, but shouldn't subprocess try harder to read this output? Something like: while True: try: data = os.read(errpipe_read, 1048576) # Exceptions limited to 1 MB except OSError, err: if err.errno == errno.EINTR: continue else: raise else: os.close(errpipe_read) if data != "": os.waitpid(self.pid, 0) child_exception = pickle.loads(data) raise child_exception break Maybe not while True, but try a few times at least. Or is the system supposed to automatically restart interrupted system calls? Skip