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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_gdb.py9
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS5
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
index 91543c6..fd1275c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ gdbpy_version, _ = p.communicate()
if gdbpy_version == b'':
raise unittest.SkipTest("gdb not built with embedded python support")
+# Verify that "gdb" can load our custom hooks
+p = subprocess.Popen(["gdb", "--batch", cmd,
+ "--args", sys.executable],
+ stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+__, gdbpy_errors = p.communicate()
+if b"auto-loading has been declined" in gdbpy_errors:
+ msg = "gdb security settings prevent use of custom hooks: %s"
+ raise unittest.SkipTest(msg % gdbpy_errors)
+
def gdb_has_frame_select():
# Does this build of gdb have gdb.Frame.select ?
cmd = "--eval-command=python print(dir(gdb.Frame))"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 18e381b..90661af 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ Documentation
Tests
-----
-- Issue #14963 (partial): Add test cases for exception handling behaviour
+- Issue #15043: test_gdb is now skipped entirely if gdb security settings
+ block loading of the gdb hooks
+
+- Issue #14963: Add test cases for exception handling behaviour
in contextlib.ExitStack (Initial patch by Alon Horev)