Issue #12660: Backport 84bbb8d2d237
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
index f157eae..fe98530 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
import re
import subprocess
import sys
+import sysconfig
import unittest
import sysconfig
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@
).communicate()
return out, err
+if not sysconfig.is_python_build():
+ raise unittest.SkipTest("test_gdb only works on source builds at the moment.")
+
# Verify that "gdb" was built with the embedded python support enabled:
gdbpy_version, _ = run_gdb("--eval-command=python import sys; print(sys.version_info)")
if not gdbpy_version: