bpo-38234: Fix test_embed pathconfig tests (GH-16390)
bpo-38234: On macOS and FreeBSD, the temporary directory can be
symbolic link. For example, /tmp can be a symbolic link to /var/tmp.
Call realpath() to resolve all symbolic links.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_embed.py b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
index e7a10b6..ed90fc0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_embed.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
@@ -1042,6 +1042,11 @@
def tmpdir_with_python(self):
# Temporary directory with a copy of the Python program
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+ # bpo-38234: On macOS and FreeBSD, the temporary directory
+ # can be symbolic link. For example, /tmp can be a symbolic link
+ # to /var/tmp. Call realpath() to resolve all symbolic links.
+ tmpdir = os.path.realpath(tmpdir)
+
if MS_WINDOWS:
# Copy pythonXY.dll (or pythonXY_d.dll)
ver = sys.version_info