[Python-checkins] bpo-41473: Reenable test_gdb on gdb 9.2 and newer (GH-23637)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/066394018a8463643cc63d933493f0afa99d72cc
commit: 066394018a8463643cc63d933493f0afa99d72cc
branch: master
author: Victor Stinner <vstinner at python.org>
committer: vstinner <vstinner at python.org>
date: 2020-12-04T16:23:56+01:00
summary:

bpo-41473: Reenable test_gdb on gdb 9.2 and newer (GH-23637)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866884 is fixed in gdb
10.1 (failed to reproduce on gdb-10.1-1.fc34.aarch64).

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-12-04-11-47-09.bpo-41473.W_updK.rst
M Lib/test/test_gdb.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
index 44cb9a0f07b75..22c75bae98721 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ def get_gdb_version():
                             "embedding. Saw %s.%s:\n%s"
                             % (gdb_major_version, gdb_minor_version,
                                gdb_version))
-if (gdb_major_version, gdb_minor_version) >= (9, 2):
-    # gdb 9.2 on Fedora Rawhide is not reliable, see:
-    # * https://bugs.python.org/issue41473
-    # * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866884
-    raise unittest.SkipTest("https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866884")
 
 if not sysconfig.is_python_build():
     raise unittest.SkipTest("test_gdb only works on source builds at the moment.")
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-12-04-11-47-09.bpo-41473.W_updK.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-12-04-11-47-09.bpo-41473.W_updK.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9e0a375a9b7f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-12-04-11-47-09.bpo-41473.W_updK.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Reenable test_gdb on gdb 9.2 and newer:
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866884 bug is fixed in gdb
+10.1.