[3.14] gh-145557: Check ctypes is available in test_external_inspection (GH-145558)

Lib/test/test_external_inspection.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     busy_retry,
     requires_gil_enabled,
 )
+from test.support.import_helper import import_module
 from test.support.script_helper import make_script
 from test.support.socket_helper import find_unused_port
 
@@ -163,6 +164,10 @@ def test_self_trace_after_ctypes_import(self):
         The remote debugging code must skip these uninitialized duplicate
         mappings and find the real PyRuntime. See gh-144563.
         """
+
+        # Skip the test if the _ctypes module is missing.
+        import_module("_ctypes")
+
         # Run the test in a subprocess to avoid side effects
         script = textwrap.dedent("""\
             import os