bpo-41818: test_openpty succeed on Gentoo, don't expect to fail on this platform by asvetlov · Pull Request #23514 · python/cpython

@ethanfurman @asvetlov I created a Gentoo VM which is currently running emerge; it looks like it might take a lot more time for that to finish. I will let it run. I created a second Gentoo VM, and performed the tests using the live cd.

There are a few things to note. I realized that by default, the live cd does not include a C compiler; their "stage tarballs" include a C compiler. Since I already have one VM currently performing a full installation of Gentoo, I decided to avoid performing those steps again. As an initial phase of the investigation, I ran the tests using the python3.7 that was already available on the live cd.

To be able to run the tests using Python 3.7, I had to comment out the 2 import_module lines. Both of them ran as I had expected them to run: test_openpty() resulted in an OK (expected failures=1); test_master_read() passed. I do not exactly know how the bot was able to make test_openpty() pass.

I will try compiling Python 3.10 after Gentoo is fully installed in the first VM.

Edit: I ran the tests without applying this quick-fix.