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[Comment] [krbdev.mit.edu #9197] t_otp.py fails when run using Python
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Julien Rische via RT)
Tue Feb 17 13:47:31 2026
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Hello Simon,
Indeed, I opened a pull request fixing this problem:
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/1483
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Julien Rische
On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM Simon Johnsson via RT
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> Tue Feb 17 11:32:23 2026: Request 9197 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by simon.johnsson@canonical.com
> Queue: krb5
> Subject: t_otp.py fails when run using Python 3.14
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: simon.johnsson@canonical.com
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL: https://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=9197 >
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>
> Hi there!
>
> When building krb5 using Python 3.14, I discovered a test error. Python's
> multiprocessing module now uses `forkserver` as the default start method
> unless specified otherwise (see
> https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.14.html#multiprocessing). This breaks
> `src/tests/t_otp.py` when the daemon starts. A temporary fix is to force
> the start method to use `fork` instead. However, this test should probably
> be rewritten to respect `forkserver` instead.
>
> All the best,
> Simon
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