[3.10] gh-93951: In test_bdb.StateTestCase.test_skip, avoid including auxiliary importers. (GH-93962)

Lib/test/support/__init__.py

@@ -1681,6 +1681,16 @@ def cleanup():
     setattr(object_to_patch, attr_name, new_value)
 
 
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def patch_list(orig):
+    """Like unittest.mock.patch.dict, but for lists."""
+    try:
+        saved = orig[:]
+        yield
+    finally:
+        orig[:] = saved
+
+
 def run_in_subinterp(code):
     """
     Run code in a subinterpreter. Raise unittest.SkipTest if the tracemalloc

Lib/test/test_bdb.py

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 from itertools import islice, repeat
 from test.support import import_helper
 from test.support import os_helper
+from test.support import patch_list
 
 
 class BdbException(Exception): pass
@@ -713,9 +714,18 @@ def test_until_in_caller_frame(self):
         with TracerRun(self) as tracer:
             tracer.runcall(tfunc_main)
 
+    @patch_list(sys.meta_path)
     def test_skip(self):
         # Check that tracing is skipped over the import statement in
         # 'tfunc_import()'.
+
+        # Remove all but the standard importers.
+        sys.meta_path[:] = (
+            item
+            for item in sys.meta_path
+            if item.__module__.startswith('_frozen_importlib')
+        )
+
         code = """
             def main():
                 lno = 3

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-06-17-15-20-09.gh-issue-93951.CW1Vv4.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+In test_bdb.StateTestCase.test_skip, avoid including auxiliary importers.