test_macostools fails when running from source

[jackjansen]

BPO	992185
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[jackjansen]

Test_macos fails when running from source, and possibly only
when running from source the first time.

[jackjansen]

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This was fixed a while ago by someone else (Brett?), by simply not doing
this test if sys.prefix doesn't exist.