This check can still fail on RHEL6
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
index 5302b5a..d1e6567 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@
if not gdbpy_version:
raise unittest.SkipTest("gdb not built with embedded python support")
-# Verify that "gdb" can load our custom hooks. In theory this should never
-# fail, but we don't handle the case of the hooks file not existing if the
-# tests are run from an installed Python (we'll produce failures in that case).
+# Verify that "gdb" can load our custom hooks, as OS security settings may
+# disallow this without a customised .gdbinit.
cmd = ['--args', sys.executable]
_, gdbpy_errors = run_gdb('--args', sys.executable)
if "auto-loading has been declined" in gdbpy_errors:
msg = "gdb security settings prevent use of custom hooks: "
+ raise unittest.SkipTest(msg + gdbpy_errors.rstrip())
def python_is_optimized():
cflags = sysconfig.get_config_vars()['PY_CFLAGS']