--- execnet-2.1.1/testing/test_basics.py.orig
+++ execnet-2.1.1/testing/test_basics.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
     assert "all passed" in out.stdout
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="always fails: https://github.com/pytest-dev/execnet/issues/279")
 def test_popen_io(checker: Checker, execmodel: ExecModel) -> None:
     out = checker.run_check(
         inspect.getsource(gateway_base)