https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7232883adfc28f94a62d2e79c897db59711702d7
commit: 7232883adfc28f94a62d2e79c897db59711702d7
branch: main
author: Alex Malyshev <[email protected]>
committer: vstinner <[email protected]>
date: 2026-03-05T19:03:30Z
summary:

gh-145557: Check ctypes is available in test_external_inspection (#145558)

Currently TestGetStackTrace.test_self_trace_after_ctypes_import() will fail if
the _ctypes extension is not built.  Make it match test_ctypes by skipping
the test in that case.

files:
M Lib/test/test_external_inspection.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_external_inspection.py 
b/Lib/test/test_external_inspection.py
index 890aa584cd192c..ec7192b1b89184 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_external_inspection.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_external_inspection.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     requires_gil_enabled,
     requires_remote_subprocess_debugging,
 )
+from test.support.import_helper import import_module
 from test.support.script_helper import make_script
 from test.support.socket_helper import find_unused_port
 
@@ -529,6 +530,10 @@ def test_self_trace_after_ctypes_import(self):
         The remote debugging code must skip these uninitialized duplicate
         mappings and find the real PyRuntime. See gh-144563.
         """
+
+        # Skip the test if the _ctypes module is missing.
+        import_module("_ctypes")
+
         # Run the test in a subprocess to avoid side effects
         script = textwrap.dedent("""\
             import os

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