Issue #22770: merge from 3.4

Lib/test/support/__init__.py

@@ -461,12 +461,11 @@ class ProcessSerialNumber(Structure):
                 reason = "cannot run without OS X gui process"
 
     # check on every platform whether tkinter can actually do anything
-    # but skip the test on OS X because it can cause segfaults in Cocoa Tk
-    # when running regrtest with the -j option (multiple threads/subprocesses)
-    if (not reason) and (sys.platform != 'darwin'):
+    if not reason:
         try:
             from tkinter import Tk
             root = Tk()
+            root.update()
             root.destroy()
         except Exception as e:
             err_string = str(e)

Misc/NEWS

@@ -1342,6 +1342,8 @@ Tests
 - Issue #21093: Prevent failures of ctypes test_macholib on OS X if a
   copy of libz exists in $HOME/lib or /usr/local/lib.
 
+- Issue #22770: Prevent some Tk segfaults on OS X when running gui tests.
+
 Tools/Demos
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