#12660: Skip test_gdb when run from an installed Python.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
index c4c4803..91543c6 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 locale
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@
raise unittest.SkipTest("gdb versions before 7.0 didn't support python embedding"
" Saw:\n" + gdb_version.decode('ascii', 'replace'))
+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:
cmd = "--eval-command=python import sys; print sys.version_info"
p = subprocess.Popen(["gdb", "--batch", cmd],