bpo-40019: Skip test_gdb if Python was optimized (GH-19081)
test_gdb now skips tests if it detects that gdb failed to read debug
information because the Python binary is optimized.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
index eb94f92..fb14801 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
@@ -230,6 +230,15 @@
" because the Program Counter is"
" not present")
+ # bpo-40019: Skip the test if gdb failed to read debug information
+ # because the Python binary is optimized.
+ for pattern in (
+ '(frame information optimized out)',
+ 'Unable to read information on python frame',
+ ):
+ if pattern in out:
+ raise unittest.SkipTest(f"{pattern!r} found in gdb output")
+
return out
def get_gdb_repr(self, source,