Skip test_socket.test_sha256() on linux < 4.5 (#4643)

vstinner · web-flow · commit 86afc1f2a7fb · 2017-11-30T13:58:43.000+01:00
bpo-31705.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -5573,6 +5573,9 @@ def create_alg(self, typ, name):
         else:
             return sock
 
+    # bpo-31705: On kernel older than 4.5, sendto() failed with ENOKEY,
+    # at least on ppc64le architecture
+    @support.requires_linux_version(4, 5)
     def test_sha256(self):
         expected = bytes.fromhex("ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396"
                                  "177a9cb410ff61f20015ad")
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2017-11-30-12-27-10.bpo-31705.yULW7O.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2017-11-30-12-27-10.bpo-31705.yULW7O.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Skip test_socket.test_sha256() on Linux kernel older than 4.5. The test
+fails with ENOKEY on kernel 3.10 (on ppc64le). A fix was merged into the
+kernel 4.5.

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	`1`	`+Skip test_socket.test_sha256() on Linux kernel older than 4.5. The test`
	`2`	`+fails with ENOKEY on kernel 3.10 (on ppc64le). A fix was merged into the`
	`3`	`+kernel 4.5.`