cygdb tests are failing

[lindsayad]

From Travis Job #3088.1:

$ if $PYTHON_DBG -V >&2; then CFLAGS="-O0 -ggdb" $PYTHON_DBG runtests.py -vv Debugger --backends=$BACKEND; fi
Python 2.7.3
Python 2.7.3 (default, Oct 26 2016, 20:35:50) 
[GCC 4.6.3]
Running tests against Cython 0.25.2 ae37c69b8d3ade8376588b253e93fb68a929193b
Backends: ctest_all (Cython.Debugger.Tests.TestLibCython.TestAll) ... 
******************************   v INSIDE GDB v   ******************************
gdb command file: Activating virtualenv: /home/travis/virtualenv/python2.7.9; path_to_activate_this_py: /home/travis/virtualenv/python2.7.9/bin/activate_this.py
Breakpoint 3 at 0x7ffff63d2f4b: file codefile.c, line 1019.
Breakpoint 15 at 0x519e24: file ../Python/ceval.c, line 688.
Breakpoint 16 (__pyx_pw_8codefile_5outer_1inner) pending.
37        def inner():
Value returned: None
44    outer()()
Breakpoint 27 at 0x7ffff63d39e9: file codefile.c, line 1314.
35    def outer():
Value returned: <cython_function_or_method at remote 0x9b7e70>
44    outer()()
2409        result = PyDict_GetItem(__pyx_d, name);
1117      __pyx_t_1 = __Pyx_PyNumber_Int(__pyx_int_10); if (unlikely(!__pyx_t_1)) __PYX_ERR(0, 20, __pyx_L1_error)
    Tell cygdb whether to colorize source code.
    
    Tell cygdb whether to colorize source code.
    
Breakpoint 47 at 0x7ffff63d2f4b: file codefile.c, line 1019.
2409        result = PyDict_GetItem(__pyx_d, name);
******************************   v STDERR v   ******************************
Install pygments for colorized source code.
EF...Function "__pyx_pw_8codefile_5outer_1inner" not defined.
Python Exception <type 'exceptions.KeyError'> (u'a',): 
EEE...Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> Cannot convert value to int.: 
EPython Exception <class 'gdb.error'> Cannot convert value to int.: 
EE.EEE.E.FFF
======================================================================
ERROR: test_cyset (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.CySet)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 389, in test_cyset
    gdb.execute('cy set a = $cy_eval("{None: []}")')
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 1915, in execute
    _execute(command, from_tty)
error: Selected frame does not correspond with a Cython function we know about.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_inner (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestClosure)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 422, in test_inner
    self.assertEqual(str(self.read_var('a')), "'an object'")
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 74, in read_var
    result = gdb.parse_and_eval('$cy_cvalue("%s")' % varname)
error: Error occurred in Python convenience function: (u'a',)
======================================================================
ERROR: test_outer (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestClosure)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 432, in test_outer
    self.assertEqual('', gdb.execute('cy locals', to_string=True))
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 1912, in execute
    _execute(command, from_tty)
error: Error occurred in Python command: Cannot convert value to int.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_cy_eval (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestCyEval)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 402, in test_cy_eval
    result = gdb.execute('print $cy_eval("None")', to_string=True)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 1912, in execute
    _execute(command, from_tty)
error: Error occurred in Python convenience function: Cannot convert value to int.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_cython_exec (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestExec)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 363, in test_cython_exec
    self.assertEqual("[0]", self.eval_command('[a]'))
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 356, in eval_command
    (self.tmpfilename, command))
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 1915, in execute
    _execute(command, from_tty)
error: Error occurred in Python command: Cannot convert value to int.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_python_exec (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestExec)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 380, in test_python_exec
    gdb.execute('cy exec some_random_var = 14')
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 1915, in execute
    _execute(command, from_tty)
error: Error occurred in Python command: Cannot convert value to int.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_functions (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestFunctions)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 308, in test_functions
    result = gdb.execute('print $cy_cname("b")', to_string=True)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 1912, in execute
    _execute(command, from_tty)
error: Selected frame does not correspond with a Cython function we know about.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_globals (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestLocalsGlobals)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 274, in test_globals
    result = gdb.execute('cy globals', to_string=True)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 1912, in execute
    _execute(command, from_tty)
error: Not a function cygdb knows about. Use the normal GDB commands instead.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_locals (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestLocalsGlobals)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 266, in test_locals
    result = gdb.execute('cy locals', to_string=True)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 1912, in execute
    _execute(command, from_tty)
error: Not a function cygdb knows about. Use the normal GDB commands instead.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_cython_next (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestNext)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 258, in test_cython_next
    self.lineno_equals(line)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 87, in lineno_equals
    self.assertEqual(libcython.cython_info.lineno(frame), lineno)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libcython.py", line 908, in lineno
    return super(CythonInfo, self).lineno(frame)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2254, in lineno
    return self.pyframe(frame).current_line_num()
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2249, in pyframe
    raise gdb.RuntimeError(
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'RuntimeError'
======================================================================
ERROR: test_print (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestPrint)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 323, in test_print
    result = gdb.execute('cy print b', to_string=True)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 1912, in execute
    _execute(command, from_tty)
error: Error occurred in Python command: No symbol "b" in current context.
======================================================================
FAIL: test_backtrace (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestBacktrace)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 295, in test_backtrace
    match_backtrace_output(result)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 291, in match_backtrace_output
    result), result
AssertionError: #7  0x0000000000519e03 in <module>() at <string>:1
#18 0x00007ffff63d4d57 in codefile() at /tmp/tmp_YX6w7/codefile.pyx:46
        46    spam()#22 0x00007ffff63d2f37 in spam() at /tmp/tmp_YX6w7/codefile.pyx:12
        12    def spam(a=0):
======================================================================
FAIL: test_cython_step (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestStep)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 211, in test_cython_step
    self.lineno_equals('b = c = d = 0')
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 87, in lineno_equals
    self.assertEqual(libcython.cython_info.lineno(frame), lineno)
AssertionError: 60 != 16
======================================================================
FAIL: test_python_step (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestStep)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 234, in test_python_step
    self.assertEqual(curframe.name(), 'PyEval_EvalFrameEx')
AssertionError: u'__Pyx_GetModuleGlobalName' != 'PyEval_EvalFrameEx'
======================================================================
FAIL: test_updown (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libcython_in_gdb.TestUpDown)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 336, in test_updown
    assert 'os.path.join("foo", "bar")' in result
AssertionError
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 24 tests in 3.194s
FAILED (failures=4, errors=11)
EEEEE
======================================================================
ERROR: test_bytestring (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libpython_in_gdb.TestPrettyPrinters)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 76, in test_bytestring
    bytestring = self.alloc_bytestring("spam")
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 63, in alloc_bytestring
    return self.pyobject_fromcode(code, gdbvar=gdbvar)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 48, in pyobject_fromcode
    return libpython.PyObjectPtr.from_pyobject_ptr(self.get_pyobject(code))
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 39, in get_pyobject
    assert libpython.pointervalue(value) != 0
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2350, in pointervalue
    pointer = _pointervalue(gdbval)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2346, in _pointervalue
    return int(gdbval)
error: Cannot convert value to int.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_frame_type (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libpython_in_gdb.TestPrettyPrinters)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 113, in test_frame_type
    frame = self.pyobject_fromcode('PyEval_GetFrame()')
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 48, in pyobject_fromcode
    return libpython.PyObjectPtr.from_pyobject_ptr(self.get_pyobject(code))
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 39, in get_pyobject
    assert libpython.pointervalue(value) != 0
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2350, in pointervalue
    pointer = _pointervalue(gdbval)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2346, in _pointervalue
    return int(gdbval)
error: Cannot convert value to int.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_int (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libpython_in_gdb.TestPrettyPrinters)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 100, in test_int
    intval = self.pyobject_fromcode('PyInt_FromLong(100)')
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 48, in pyobject_fromcode
    return libpython.PyObjectPtr.from_pyobject_ptr(self.get_pyobject(code))
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 39, in get_pyobject
    assert libpython.pointervalue(value) != 0
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2350, in pointervalue
    pointer = _pointervalue(gdbval)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2346, in _pointervalue
    return int(gdbval)
error: Cannot convert value to int.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_long (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libpython_in_gdb.TestPrettyPrinters)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 106, in test_long
    gdbvar='longval')
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 48, in pyobject_fromcode
    return libpython.PyObjectPtr.from_pyobject_ptr(self.get_pyobject(code))
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 39, in get_pyobject
    assert libpython.pointervalue(value) != 0
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2350, in pointervalue
    pointer = _pointervalue(gdbval)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2346, in _pointervalue
    return int(gdbval)
error: Cannot convert value to int.
======================================================================
ERROR: test_unicode (Cython.Debugger.Tests.test_libpython_in_gdb.TestPrettyPrinters)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 89, in test_unicode
    unicode_string = self.alloc_unicodestring(u"spam ἄλφα")
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 66, in alloc_unicodestring
    self.alloc_bytestring(string.encode('UTF-8'), gdbvar='_temp')
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 63, in alloc_bytestring
    return self.pyobject_fromcode(code, gdbvar=gdbvar)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 48, in pyobject_fromcode
    return libpython.PyObjectPtr.from_pyobject_ptr(self.get_pyobject(code))
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libcython_in_gdb.py", line 41, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/Tests/test_libpython_in_gdb.py", line 39, in get_pyobject
    assert libpython.pointervalue(value) != 0
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2350, in pointervalue
    pointer = _pointervalue(gdbval)
  File "/home/travis/build/cython/cython/Cython/Debugger/libpython.py", line 2346, in _pointervalue
    return int(gdbval)
error: Cannot convert value to int.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 5 tests in 0.473s
FAILED (errors=5)
close failed in file object destructor:
IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
******************************   ^ INSIDE GDB ^   ******************************ok
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 4.530s
OK
ALL DONE
[282919 refs]

[lindsayad]

I'm guessing these tests have been failing for a while based on PR #264

[WendelVanRheenen]

I don't know what code is executing, how ever i'm reading the following message:

****************************** v STDERR v ******************************
Install pygments for colorized source code.
EF...Function "__pyx_pw_8codefile_5outer_1inner" not defined.
Python Exception <type 'exceptions.KeyError'> (u'a',):
EEE...Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> Cannot convert value to int.:
EPython Exception <class 'gdb.error'> Cannot convert value to int.:
EE.EEE.E.FFF

This indicates to me that the value put in (i'm guessing: EE.EEE.E.FFF) isn't convertable to an interger. Perhaps the wrong value is put in or it should be converted to an int.

[scoder]

These tests haven't been updated in a while. Some of them haven't been properly ported to Py3 since gdb has started to support that. Any help is appreciated.

(The EE.EE... just represents the (faling) tests, one character per execution.)

[Volker-Weissmann]

I tried to reproduce it by running

$ pyenv shell 3.8.1-debug
$ cd cython_git_repo
$ python runtests.py -vv Debugger

I'm not getting the exact same error messages (probably because of the commits that happened the last 2 years), but it also fails the tests below on my machine.
I'm going to try to fix them.

Failing tests:
test_cyset
test_break_lineno
test_inner
test_outer
test_functions
test_globals
test_locals
test_cython_next
test_print
test_backtrace
test_python_break
test_cy_eval
test_cython_exec
test_python_exec
test_abort
test_cython_step
test_python_step
test_updown

[scoder]

@Volker-Weissmann note that the best first step in fixing this is probably to integrate the latest libpython.py from CPython. And make the whole thing Py3-only, if that's the easiest way to fix it. Supporting both Py2.7 and Py3.x here is just going to get in the way, probably a lot.

[Volker-Weissmann]

I also noticed that one of the reasons why some test cases fail is that it uses python 2. I also think that Py3-only is a good idea, because Python 2 is deprecated since 2008.
Thank you for the tip about libpython. I did not know that libpython originated from cpython, I thought it was part of the cython project.