net: skip TestDualStackTCPListener in short mode

Update #5001

This test is flakey on linux servers and fails otherwise good builds. Mikio has some proposals to fix the test, but they require additional plumbing.

In the meantime, disable this test in -short mode so it will run during the full net test suite, but not during builder ci.

R=golang-codereviews, iant
CC=golang-codereviews
https://golang.org/cl/53410043

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/pkg/net/unicast_posix_test.go b/src/pkg/net/unicast_posix_test.go
index 5deb8f47c6..452ac92542 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/unicast_posix_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/unicast_posix_test.go
@@ -166,9 +166,12 @@ var dualStackListenerTests = []struct {
 }
 
 // TestDualStackTCPListener tests both single and double listen
-// to a test listener with various address families, differnet
+// to a test listener with various address families, different
 // listening address and same port.
 func TestDualStackTCPListener(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping in -short mode, see issue 5001")
+	}
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
 	case "plan9":
 		t.Skipf("skipping test on %q", runtime.GOOS)
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ func TestDualStackTCPListener(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range dualStackListenerTests {
-		if tt.wildcard && (testing.Short() || !*testExternal) {
+		if tt.wildcard && !*testExternal {
 			continue
 		}
 		switch runtime.GOOS {