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multiprocessing.freeze_support() now checks for work on any "spawn"
start method platform rather than only on Windows.

📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--134462.org.readthedocs.build/en/134462/library/multiprocessing.html#multiprocessing.freeze_support

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reading things over, i'm convinced you are correct that this needs to not just use a win32 check. i moved my #134617 changes over into this PR.

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Thanks @eddymul for the PR, and @gpshead for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.13, 3.14.
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Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst: freeze_support: Change to specify spawn method instead of platform
Have multiprocessing.freeze_support() enable on spawn, not just win32.

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Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst: freeze_support: Change to specify spawn method instead of platform
Have multiprocessing.freeze_support() enable on spawn, not just win32.

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GH-134619 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch.

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GH-134620 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.13 branch.

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gh-80334: fix multiprocessing.freeze_support for other spawn platforms (GH-134462)

Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst: freeze_support: Change to specify spawn method instead of platform
Have multiprocessing.freeze_support() enable on spawn, not just win32.

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(cherry picked from commit 80284b5)

Co-authored-by: Eddy Mulyono <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>
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gh-80334: fix multiprocessing.freeze_support for other spawn platforms (GH-134462)

Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst: freeze_support: Change to specify spawn method instead of platform
Have multiprocessing.freeze_support() enable on spawn, not just win32.

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(cherry picked from commit 80284b5)

Co-authored-by: Eddy Mulyono <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]>
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Hi! The buildbot AMD64 Windows Server 2022 NoGIL 3.13 (tier-1) has failed when building commit 44d1849.

What do you need to do:

  1. Don't panic.
  2. Check the buildbot page in the devguide if you don't know what the buildbots are or how they work.
  3. Go to the page of the buildbot that failed (https://buildbot.python.org/#/builders/1488/builds/1340) and take a look at the build logs.
  4. Check if the failure is related to this commit (44d1849) or if it is a false positive.
  5. If the failure is related to this commit, please, reflect that on the issue and make a new Pull Request with a fix.

You can take a look at the buildbot page here:

https://buildbot.python.org/#/builders/1488/builds/1340

Failed tests:

  • test_launcher

Failed subtests:

  • test_search_major_3 - test.test_launcher.TestLauncher.test_search_major_3
  • test_search_major_2 - test.test_launcher.TestLauncher.test_search_major_2

Summary of the results of the build (if available):

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Click to see traceback logs 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\buildarea\3.13.itamaro-win64-srv-22-aws.x64.nogil\build\Lib\test\test_launcher.py", line 445, in test_search_major_3
    self.assertEqual("PythonCore", data["env.company"])
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError: 'PythonCore' != 'PythonTestSuite'
- PythonCore
+ PythonTestSuite


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\buildarea\3.13.itamaro-win64-srv-22-aws.x64.nogil\build\Lib\test\test_launcher.py", line 465, in test_search_major_2
    self.assertEqual("PythonCore", data["env.company"])
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError: 'PythonCore' != 'PythonTestSuite'
- PythonCore
+ PythonTestSuite

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