bpo-37362: test_gdb now ignores stderr (GH-14287)

test_gdb no longer fails if it gets an "unexpected" message on
stderr: it now ignores stderr. The purpose of test_gdb is to test
that python-gdb.py commands work as expected, not to test gdb.

Author: vstinner

Lib/test/test_gdb.py

@@ -214,43 +214,22 @@ def get_stack_trace(self, source=None, script=None,
         elif script:
             args += [script]
 
-        # print args
-        # print (' '.join(args))
-
         # Use "args" to invoke gdb, capturing stdout, stderr:
         out, err = run_gdb(*args, PYTHONHASHSEED=PYTHONHASHSEED)
 
-        errlines = err.splitlines()
-        unexpected_errlines = []
-
-        # Ignore some benign messages on stderr.
-        ignore_patterns = (
-            'Function "%s" not defined.' % breakpoint,
-            'Do you need "set solib-search-path" or '
-            '"set sysroot"?',
-            # BFD: /usr/lib/debug/(...): unable to initialize decompress
-            # status for section .debug_aranges
-            'BFD: ',
-            # ignore all warnings
-            'warning: ',
-            )
-        for line in errlines:
-            if not line:
-                continue
-            # bpo34007: Sometimes some versions of the shared libraries that
-            # are part of the traceback are compiled in optimised mode and the
-            # Program Counter (PC) is not present, not allowing gdb to walk the
-            # frames back. When this happens, the Python bindings of gdb raise
-            # an exception, making the test impossible to succeed.
-            if "PC not saved" in line:
-                raise unittest.SkipTest("gdb cannot walk the frame object"
-                                        " because the Program Counter is"
-                                        " not present")
-            if not line.startswith(ignore_patterns):
-                unexpected_errlines.append(line)
-
-        # Ensure no unexpected error messages:
-        self.assertEqual(unexpected_errlines, [])
+        for line in err.splitlines():
+            print(line, file=sys.stderr)
+
+        # bpo-34007: Sometimes some versions of the shared libraries that
+        # are part of the traceback are compiled in optimised mode and the
+        # Program Counter (PC) is not present, not allowing gdb to walk the
+        # frames back. When this happens, the Python bindings of gdb raise
+        # an exception, making the test impossible to succeed.
+        if "PC not saved" in err:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("gdb cannot walk the frame object"
+                                    " because the Program Counter is"
+                                    " not present")
+
         return out
 
     def get_gdb_repr(self, source,

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-06-21-15-47-33.bpo-37362.D3xppx.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+test_gdb no longer fails if it gets an "unexpected" message on stderr: it now
+ignores stderr. The purpose of test_gdb is to test that python-gdb.py commands
+work as expected, not to test gdb.