This patch was written in-house, but ported from Python 2.7; it is unclear

from the version history why these lines were dropped in version 3. The

patch has not yet been submitted upstream, but submission is planned.

--- Python-3.4.4rc1/Lib/test/test_gdb.py.~1~ 2015-12-09 08:10:27.280590637 -0800

+++ Python-3.4.4rc1/Lib/test/test_gdb.py 2015-12-09 08:12:41.389980386 -0800

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@

"embedding. Saw %s.%s:\n%s"

% (gdb_major_version, gdb_minor_version,

gdb_version))

+if sys.platform.startswith("sunos"):

+ raise unittest.SkipTest("test doesn't work very well on Solaris")

if not sysconfig.is_python_build():

raise unittest.SkipTest("test_gdb only works on source builds at the moment.")