Fixes Issue #15507: test_subprocess's test_send_signal could fail if the test

runner were run in an environment where the process inherited an ignore
setting for SIGINT.  Restore the SIGINT handler to the desired
KeyboardInterrupt raising one during that test.

Lib/test/test_subprocess.py

@@ -1432,16 +1432,22 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
     def _kill_process(self, method, *args):
         # Do not inherit file handles from the parent.
         # It should fix failures on some platforms.
-        p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", """if 1:
+        # Also set the SIGINT handler to the default to make sure it's not
-                             import sys, time
+        # being ignored (some tests rely on that.)
-                             sys.stdout.write('x\\n')
+        old_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.default_int_handler)
-                             sys.stdout.flush()
+        try:
-                             time.sleep(30)
+            p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", """if 1:
-                             """],
+                                 import sys, time
-                             close_fds=True,
+                                 sys.stdout.write('x\\n')
-                             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                 sys.stdout.flush()
-                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                 time.sleep(30)
-                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                                 """],
+                                 close_fds=True,
+                                 stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        finally:
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, old_handler)
         # Wait for the interpreter to be completely initialized before
         # sending any signal.
         p.stdout.read(1)

Misc/NEWS

@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ Library
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #15507: test_subprocess's test_send_signal could fail if the test
+  runner were run in an environment where the process inherited an ignore
+  setting for SIGINT.  Restore the SIGINT handler to the desired
+  KeyboardInterrupt raising one during that test.
+
 - Issue #16799: Switched from getopt to argparse style in regrtest's argument
   parsing.  Added more tests for regrtest's argument parsing.