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Fix for the issue #3646. #3687
Fix for the issue #3646. #3687
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… and python 3.8+ "spawn" method does not work on macos, swith to "fork" for all situations. https://bugs.python.org/issue33725. Rebased on the current master.
"Fix" is a strong word here. This change avoids a problem via an unknown mechanism, but I haven't seen anything that indicates that it repairs it. The docs for the python multiprocessing package say: |
That test shows that the manual is only partly correct: the "spawn" method does not work universally as it is expected by Python principles. It yields the following traceback for the test: |
I'm familiar with the details, and if there was an open Python issue or a PR for changing it back to fork in a future version, I'd be more inclined to think that this is the right thing to do. I just haven't seen anything like that. But, you know, it doesn't matter. This is a minor test, duplicating a problem a user had. Lets just merge. |
cc @vicentebolea for |
Fix for the issue ornladios#3646. (cherry picked from commit c8c5238)
* release_29: Bump version to v2.9.1 Merge pull request #3676 from pnorbert/c_version2 Merge pull request #3697 from ornladios/dependabot/pip/docs/cryptography-41.0.2 Merge pull request #3698 from vicentebolea/add-gitattribute-file Merge pull request #3704 from ornladios/dependabot/pip/docs/pygments-2.15.0 Merge pull request #3712 from ornladios/dependabot/pip/docs/certifi-2023.7.22 Merge pull request #3687 from dmitry-ganyushin/i3646-mult-macos Merge pull request #3699 from vicentebolea/revert-normalize-eol Merge pull request #3689 from vicentebolea/fix-evpath-modules
It looks like the default for macos and python 3.8+ "spawn" method does not work on macos, swith to "fork" for all situations. https://bugs.python.org/issue33725. Rebased on the current master.