Issue #8716: Avoid crashes caused by Aqua Tk on OSX when attempting to run
test_tk or test_ttk_guionly under a username that is not currently logged
in to the console windowserver (as may be the case under buildbot or ssh).
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tk.py b/Lib/test/test_tk.py
index 49ca53f..8625db2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tk.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tk.py
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
import os
-import unittest
from test import test_support
# Skip test if _tkinter wasn't built.
test_support.import_module('_tkinter')
-import Tkinter
-
-try:
- Tkinter.Button()
-except Tkinter.TclError, msg:
- # assuming tk is not available
- raise unittest.SkipTest("tk not available: %s" % msg)
-
this_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
lib_tk_test = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(this_dir, os.path.pardir,
'lib-tk', 'test'))
@@ -20,6 +11,9 @@
with test_support.DirsOnSysPath(lib_tk_test):
import runtktests
+# Skip test if tk cannot be initialized.
+runtktests.check_tk_availability()
+
def test_main(enable_gui=False):
if enable_gui:
if test_support.use_resources is None: