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test_gdb is skipped on some GitHub Action CIs #161517
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test_gdb is skipped on the following GitHub Action CIs (links from a recent action job):
Should we install gdb on these CIs?
macOS uses clang and might prefer lldb, but we don't provide any helper/script for lldb. I suppose that gdb just works on macOS. (I don't have access to macOS, I cannot test.)
I'm working on a PR to install gdb.
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vstinner commentedon Nov 6, 2026
Oh, wait. gdb is installed, but test_gdb is skipped on Python optimized by BOLT:
test.test_gdb.test_backtrace skipped -- test_gdb is not reliable on BOLT optimized buildsOh, wait (again). gdb is installed, but test_gdb is skipped because tests are run on an installed Python:
test.test_gdb.test_cfunction skipped -- test_gdb only works on source builds at the moment.Oh, wait (!). gdb is installed, but test_gdb is skipped because of gdb security settings:
test.test_gdb.test_backtrace skipped -- gdb security settings prevent use of custom hooks; stderr: 'warning: File "/home/runner/work/cpython/cpython-builddir/python-gdb.py" auto-loading has been declined by your 'auto-load safe-path\' set to "$debugdir:$datadir/auto-load:/home/runner/work/cpython/cpython-builddir/hypovenv/bin/python-gdb.py".\n'pythongh-161517: Fix test_gdb on GHA Hypothesis tests
pythongh-161517: Fix test_gdb on GHA Hypothesis tests
gh-161517: Fix test_gdb on GHA Hypothesis tests (#161519)
vstinner commentedon Nov 7, 2026
I wrote #161519 to fix test_gdb on the Hypothesis job.
I wrote #161520 to enable test_gdb on macOS, but I gave up: running GDB on macOS fails badly with serious GDB bugs. As I expected, it's better to target lldb on macOS.
I also updated my other PR #161432 to ignore skipped test_gdb if Python is installed.
I close this issue.
[3.14] gh-161517: Fix test_gdb on GHA Hypothesis tests (GH-161519) (#…
[3.15] gh-161517: Fix test_gdb on GHA Hypothesis tests (GH-161519) (#…