Testsuite driver does not run tests in parallel on Windows
testsuite/driver/runtests.py contains the following 3 lines:
if windows:
print("Warning: Ignoring request to use threads as running on Windows")
config.use_threads = 0They were introduced in commit e9b3d6cc:
Author: Ian Lynagh <>
Date: Wed Oct 28 17:54:21 2009 +0000
Don't use threads on Windows
It seems to cause some sort of deadlockI tried removing them (Windows 64 bit, using msys2), but then running validate doesn't get any further than:
...
=====> Overlap3(normal) 1605 of 4525 [2, 7, 0]
=====> Overlap4(normal) 1606 of 4525 [2, 7, 0]
=====> Overlap5(normal) 1607 of 4525 [2, 7, 0]
=====> Overlap6(normal) 1608 of 4525 [2, 7, 0]
=====> Overlap7(normal) 1609 of 4525 [2, 7, 0]
=====> Overlap9(normal) 1610 of 4525 [2, 7, 0] It would be great if we could run the testsuite in parallel again, since running validate takes forever currently.
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| Trac field | Value |
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| Version | 7.10.1 |
| Type | Bug |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | high |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Test Suite |
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