> Please write a function (in test.support?) with a comment explaining why you
> are doing that.
> You may also only do this workaround on specific platforms. For example,
> only on FreeBSD and OpenIndiana (the test would be in the function).

There's already a comment right before the first call to getpid(). I
thought about making it a function, but since it's such a kludge, it
dropped the idea. I don't mind making it a function, though.
As for calling this only on specific platforms, well, I don't know
exactly which platforms are affected, so I stayed on the safe side
(for example, is FreeBSD4 affected?).

But I'd like first to make sure this works. IIRC, you have access to a
FreeBSD6 box. Could you test it there and see if it works?

I promise, I'll soon setup a clone to be able to test my patches on
the buildbot. I just have to select "Server-side clone" on
http://hg.python.org/cpython/# ?