The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release
** Changed in: python2.7 (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to python2.7 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077153 Title: _DummyThread' object has no attribute '_Thread__block Status in Python: Fix Released Status in python2.7 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in python2.7 source package in Precise: Won't Fix Bug description: [Impact] Based on the test script available at the upstream issue link, the exception is thrown in programs that use threads and os.fork() (like could be the case with subprocess). As reported upstream, the exception when a "dummy" thread is in the threading module's active list after a fork(). [Test Case] Run the following program, available in the upstream issue: http://bugs.python.org/file25511/bad-thread.py to reproduce the problem. [Regression Potential] None seen at the moment. Upstream patch contains also a test case to address this issue: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ab9d6c4907e7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/python/+bug/1077153/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp