[Zope3-dev] Re: unit tests hanging in zope.fssync.tests.test_network.TestNetwork

[Anthony Baxter]

>>> Anthony Baxter wrote
> Running the zope unittests for me hangs in
> test_httpreq (zope.fssync.tests.test_network.TestNetwork) ... 
> 
> This is on a Redhat9 laptop. The process doesn't seem to be
> doing anything - strace shows it sitting in a futex() call into
> the kernel. The process hangs hard and needs a visit from the 
> SIGKILL fairy to come back. INTR, TSTOP and the like are no
> use.

I was able to track this down to a combination of Python2.2.3
and the standard shipped RH9 glibc (glibc-2.3.2-11). Upgrading
to glibc-2.3.2-27.9 and all is happy again. 

(Aside: rpm -U glibc*.rpm is not a good idea, unless you enjoy
booting from CDROM so you can fix your now-non-booting system).

Anthony