diff -up Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_gdb.py.gdb-autoload-safepath Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_gdb.py

--- Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_gdb.py.gdb-autoload-safepath	2012-04-30 15:53:57.254045220 -0400

+++ Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_gdb.py	2012-04-30 16:19:19.569941124 -0400

@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ def gdb_has_frame_select():

 HAS_PYUP_PYDOWN = gdb_has_frame_select()

+def gdb_has_autoload_safepath():

+    # Recent GDBs will only auto-load scripts from certain safe

+    # locations, so we will need to turn off this protection.

+    # However, if the GDB doesn't have it, then the following

+    # command will generate noise on stderr (rhbz#817072):

+    cmd = "--eval-command=set auto-load safe-path /"

+    p = subprocess.Popen(["gdb", "--batch", cmd],

+                         stderr=subprocess.PIPE)

+    _, stderr = p.communicate()

+    return '"on" or "off" expected.' not in stderr

+    

+HAS_AUTOLOAD_SAFEPATH = gdb_has_autoload_safepath()

+

 class DebuggerTests(unittest.TestCase):

     """Test that the debugger can debug Python."""

diff -up Python-2.7.10/Lib/test/test_gdb.py.ms Python-2.7.10/Lib/test/test_gdb.py

--- Python-2.7.10/Lib/test/test_gdb.py.ms	2015-05-25 17:00:25.028462615 +0200

+++ Python-2.7.10/Lib/test/test_gdb.py	2015-05-25 17:01:53.166359822 +0200

@@ -153,6 +153,17 @@ class DebuggerTests(unittest.TestCase):

                     'run']

+        if HAS_AUTOLOAD_SAFEPATH:

+            # Recent GDBs will only auto-load scripts from certain safe

+            # locations.

+            # Where necessary, turn off this protection to ensure that

+            # our -gdb.py script can be loaded - but not on earlier gdb builds

+            # as this would generate noise on stderr (rhbz#817072):

+            init_commands = ['set auto-load safe-path /']

+        else:

+            init_commands = []

+

+

         # GDB as of 7.4 onwards can distinguish between the

         # value of a variable at entry vs current value:

         #   http://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Variables.html

@@ -167,10 +178,11 @@ class DebuggerTests(unittest.TestCase):

         else:

             commands += ['backtrace']

-        # print commands

+        # print init_commands

         # Use "commands" to generate the arguments with which to invoke "gdb":

         args = ["gdb", "--batch", "-nx"]

+        args += ['--init-eval-command=%s' % cmd for cmd in init_commands]

         args += ['--eval-command=%s' % cmd for cmd in commands]

         args += ["--args",

                  sys.executable]