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test_gdb: test_strings() fails if gdb logs a warning #159914
Description
test_gdb failed on AMD64 Debian root 3.x: https://buildbot.python.org/#/builders/345/builds/15735
ERROR: test_strings (test.test_gdb.test_pretty_print.PrettyPrintTests.test_strings)
Verify the pretty-printing of unicode strings
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/root/buildarea/3.x.angelico-debian-amd64/build/Lib/test/test_gdb/test_pretty_print.py", line 129, in test_strings
raise RuntimeError(
...<2 lines>...
f'stderr={stderr!r}')
RuntimeError: unable to determine the host charset of gdb
stdout='UTF-8\n'
stderr="/usr/bin/gdb: warning: Couldn't determine a path for the index cache directory.\n"
I propose to ignore stderr if stdout is non-empty. I'm working on a PR for that.
Linked PRs
- gh-159914: Ignore gdb stderr in test_gdb.test_pretty_print #159916
- [3.15] gh-159914: Ignore gdb stderr in test_gdb.test_pretty_print (GH-159916) #159939
- [3.14] gh-159914: Ignore gdb stderr in test_gdb.test_pretty_print (GH-159916) #159940
- [3.13] gh-159914: Ignore gdb stderr in test_gdb.test_pretty_print (GH-159916) #160201
Activity
pythongh-159914: Ignore gdb stderr in test_gdb.test_pretty_print
gh-159914: Ignore gdb stderr in test_gdb.test_pretty_print (#159916)
[3.15] gh-159914: Ignore gdb stderr in test_gdb.test_pretty_print (GH…
[3.14] gh-159914: Ignore gdb stderr in test_gdb.test_pretty_print (GH…
encukou commentedon Oct 21, 2026
Thank you!