[Zope-Coders] Re: [Zope-Checkins] CVS: ZODB3/ZODB/tests - testConfig.py:1.9

[Chris Withers]

Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
>>>>>>"CW" == Chris Withers <chrisw@nipltd.com> writes:
>>>>>
>     CW> Either the suggested "check for a free port" as commented in
>     CW> the test, or perpahs monkey-patching part of python's socket
>     CW> library (just for this test!) would be better solutions?
> 
> Why?  Is this just a theoretical concern or have you actually seen
> failures, or hangs?

Well, when it was port 9, the tests hung every time. Surely picking another 
random port means the test will hang/break when run on a machine that has that 
port in use?

cheers,

Chris