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-3.5.1rc1/Lib/test/test_gdb.py.~1~ 2015-12-04 08:05:05.566320671 -0800

+++ Python-3.5.1rc1/Lib/test/test_gdb.py 2015-12-04 08:09:12.755287204 -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.")