[3.10] bpo-44461: Check early that a pdb target is valid for execution. (GH-27227) (GH-27399)

Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:jaraco

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index 1b4ff54..9432111 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -1694,6 +1694,14 @@ def main():
         print('Error:', mainpyfile, 'does not exist')
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    if run_as_module:
+        import runpy
+        try:
+            runpy._get_module_details(mainpyfile)
+        except Exception:
+            traceback.print_exc()
+            sys.exit(1)
+
     sys.argv[:] = args      # Hide "pdb.py" and pdb options from argument list
 
     if not run_as_module:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
index 63afb81..a9afca8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
@@ -1695,6 +1695,20 @@ def bœr():
         self.assertIn("ImportError: No module named t_main.__main__",
                       stdout.splitlines())
 
+    def test_package_without_a_main(self):
+        pkg_name = 't_pkg'
+        module_name = 't_main'
+        os_helper.rmtree(pkg_name)
+        modpath = pkg_name + '/' + module_name
+        os.makedirs(modpath)
+        with open(modpath + '/__init__.py', 'w') as f:
+            pass
+        self.addCleanup(os_helper.rmtree, pkg_name)
+        stdout, stderr = self._run_pdb(['-m', modpath.replace('/', '.')], "")
+        self.assertIn(
+            "'t_pkg.t_main' is a package and cannot be directly executed",
+            stdout)
+
     def test_blocks_at_first_code_line(self):
         script = """
                 #This is a comment, on line 2