with workaround applied:
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0mb@wiggum:~/develop/git/awlsim$ ./tests/run.sh -i /home/mb/develop/hg/jython/dist/bin/jython ./tests/coreserver-cli.sh 
=== Running tests with '/home/mb/develop/hg/jython/dist/bin/jython' interpreter.
Running test 'coreserver-cli.sh' with 'jython' ... 
--- Running coreserver tests
Running test 'shutdown.awl' with 'jython' ... [OK: 0:13.87]
--- Finished coreserver tests [OK]



without workaround applied:
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0mb@wiggum:~/develop/git/awlsim$ ./tests/run.sh -i /home/mb/develop/hg/jython/dist/bin/jython ./tests/coreserver-cli.sh 
=== Running tests with '/home/mb/develop/hg/jython/dist/bin/jython' interpreter.
Running test 'coreserver-cli.sh' with 'jython' ... 
--- Running coreserver tests
Running test 'shutdown.awl' with 'jython' ... Jun 19, 2014 11:45:43 AM io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop select
WARNING: Selector.select() returned prematurely 512 times in a row; rebuilding selector.
Jun 19, 2014 11:45:43 AM io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop rebuildSelector
INFO: Migrated 1 channel(s) to the new Selector.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/mb/develop/git/awlsim/./tests/../awlsimcli", line 475, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/mb/develop/git/awlsim/./tests/../awlsimcli", line 471, in main
    return runWithServerBackend(inputFile)
  File "/home/mb/develop/git/awlsim/./tests/../awlsimcli", line 251, in runWithServerBackend
    client.connectToServer()
  File "/home/mb/develop/git/awlsim/./tests/../awlsimcli", line 251, in runWithServerBackend
    client.connectToServer()
  File "/home/mb/develop/git/awlsim/awlsim/coreserver/client.py", line 124, in connectToServer
    msg = self.transceiver.receive(timeout = 5.0)
  File "/home/mb/develop/git/awlsim/awlsim/coreserver/client.py", line 124, in connectToServer
    msg = self.transceiver.receive(timeout = 5.0)
  File "/home/mb/develop/git/awlsim/awlsim/coreserver/messages.py", line 650, in receive
    data = self.sock.recv(hdrLen - len(self.buf))
  File "/home/mb/develop/hg/jython/dist/Lib/_socket.py", line 1056, in recv
    data, _ = self._get_message(bufsize, "recv")
  File "/home/mb/develop/hg/jython/dist/Lib/_socket.py", line 326, in handle_exception
    return method_or_function(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/mb/develop/hg/jython/dist/Lib/_socket.py", line 326, in handle_exception
    return method_or_function(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/mb/develop/hg/jython/dist/Lib/_socket.py", line 1022, in _get_message
    msg = self._get_incoming_msg(reason)
  File "/home/mb/develop/hg/jython/dist/Lib/_socket.py", line 1003, in _get_incoming_msg
    self.incoming_head = self._handle_timeout(self.incoming.poll, reason)
  File "/home/mb/develop/hg/jython/dist/Lib/_socket.py", line 723, in _handle_timeout
    raise timeout("timed out")
_socket.timeout: timed out
=== TEST FAILED ===
Test 'shutdown.awl' FAILED
Test failed with error code 1