def METHOD_NAME(temp_xtc, ncopies=3):
    #  test if they can be created without generating
    #  the offset simultaneously.
    #  The tested XTC file is way too short to induce a race scenario but the
    #  test is included as documentation for the scenario that used to create
    #  a problem (see PR #3375 and issues #3230, #1988)
    args = (GRO, str(temp_xtc))
    with multiprocessing.Pool(2) as p:
        universes = [p.apply_async(mda.Universe, args) for i in range(ncopies)]
        universes = [universe.get() for universe in universes]
    assert_equal(universes[0].trajectory._xdr.offsets,
                 universes[1].trajectory._xdr.offsets)