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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_curses.py3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_curses.py b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
index a4a45a7302..126251eda9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_curses.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ term = os.environ.get('TERM')
if not term or term == 'unknown':
raise TestSkipped, "$TERM=%r, calling initscr() may cause exit" % term
+if sys.platform == "cygwin":
+ raise TestSkipped("cygwin's curses mostly just hangs")
+
def window_funcs(stdscr):
"Test the methods of windows"
win = curses.newwin(10,10)