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@@ -380,6 +380,20 @@ Ensure you have the latest point release of a :ref:`supported Python version
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<faq-python-version-support>`, since there are often bugs in earlier versions
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that may cause the test suite to fail or hang.
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+On **macOS** (High Sierra and newer versions), you might see this message
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+logged, after which the tests hang::
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+ objc[42074]: +[__NSPlaceholderDate initialize] may have been in progress in
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+ another thread when fork() was called.
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+To avoid this set a ``OBJC_DISABLE_INITIALIZE_FORK_SAFETY`` environment
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+variable, for example::
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+ $ OBJC_DISABLE_INITIALIZE_FORK_SAFETY=YES ./runtests.py
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+Or add ``export OBJC_DISABLE_INITIALIZE_FORK_SAFETY=YES`` to your shell's
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+startup file (e.g. ``~/.profile``).
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Many test failures with ``UnicodeEncodeError``
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