[3.13] gh-109746: Fix race condition in test_start_new_thread_failed (GH-127299) (GH-127323)

miss-islington · serhiy-storchaka · web-flow · commit 82d199d307e0 · 2024-11-30T09:19:13.000Z
(cherry picked from commit 83926d3) Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading.py b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
@@ -1196,11 +1196,11 @@ def f():
             except RuntimeError:
                 print('ok')
             else:
-                print('skip')
+                print('!skip!')
         """
         _, out, err = assert_python_ok("-u", "-c", code)
         out = out.strip()
-        if out == b'skip':
+        if b'!skip!' in out:
             self.skipTest('RLIMIT_NPROC had no effect; probably superuser')
         self.assertEqual(out, b'ok')
         self.assertEqual(err, b'')
