[Python-checkins] bpo-21263: Skip test_gdb when python has been compiled with LLVM clang (GH-10318) (GH-10326)

[Ned Deily]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f574ce79729ecb01f1f5b3e1a34c8aa7480b79e8
commit: f574ce79729ecb01f1f5b3e1a34c8aa7480b79e8
branch: 3.6
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: Ned Deily <nad at python.org>
date: 2018-11-04T16:40:25-05:00
summary:

bpo-21263: Skip test_gdb when python has been compiled with LLVM clang (GH-10318) (GH-10326)

(cherry picked from commit 59668aa8b7f174b59304eab833c1c1181886c3c6)

Co-authored-by: Lysandros Nikolaou <lisandrosnik at gmail.com>

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-11-04-20-17-09.bpo-21263.T3qo9r.rst
M Lib/test/test_gdb.py
M Misc/ACKS

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
index b33d007acbdf..9c15fca43293 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import locale
 import os
+import platform
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ def get_gdb_version():
 if not sysconfig.is_python_build():
     raise unittest.SkipTest("test_gdb only works on source builds at the moment.")
 
+if 'Clang' in platform.python_compiler() and sys.platform == 'darwin':
+    raise unittest.SkipTest("test_gdb doesn't work correctly when python is"
+                            " built with LLVM clang")
+
 # Location of custom hooks file in a repository checkout.
 checkout_hook_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.executable),
                                   'python-gdb.py')
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 94731b493c51..c78df75f0dcb 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1107,6 +1107,7 @@ Samuel Nicolary
 Jonathan Niehof
 Gustavo Niemeyer
 Oscar Nierstrasz
+Lysandros Nikolaou
 Hrvoje Nikšić
 Gregory Nofi
 Jesse Noller
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-11-04-20-17-09.bpo-21263.T3qo9r.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-11-04-20-17-09.bpo-21263.T3qo9r.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c6b4ef90706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-11-04-20-17-09.bpo-21263.T3qo9r.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+After several reports that test_gdb does not work properly on macOS and
+since gdb is not shipped by default anymore, test_gdb is now skipped on
+macOS when LLVM Clang has been used to compile Python. Patch by
+Lysandros Nikolaou