[Python-Dev] sendmsg/recvmsg on Mac OS X

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:31:50 +0200
Charles-François Natali <neologix at free.fr> wrote:
> > The buildbots are complaining about some of tests for the new
> > socket.sendmsg/recvmsg added by issue #6560 for *nix platforms that
> > provide CMSG_LEN.
> 
> Looks like kernel bugs:
> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#qa/qa1541/_index.html
> 
> """
> Yes. Mac OS X 10.5 fixes a number of kernel bugs related to descriptor passing
> [...]
> Avoid passing two or more descriptors back-to-back.
> """

But Snow Leopard, where these failures occur, is OS X 10.6.

Antoine.