Don't run xpickle tests when the reference interpreter doesn't have test_support
(see AMD64 Gentoo buildbot)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py b/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py
index f41c97a..2ce1dcb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xpickle.py
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
return cPickle.loads(buf)
def have_python_version(name):
- """Check whether the given name is a valid Python binary.
+ """Check whether the given name is a valid Python binary and has
+ test.test_support.
This respects your PATH.
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
Returns:
True if the name is valid, False otherwise.
"""
- return os.system(name + " -c 'import sys; sys.exit()'") == 0
+ return os.system(name + " -c 'import test.test_support'") == 0
class AbstractCompatTests(AbstractPickleTests):