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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Misleading pyrepl warnings when _curses module is missing","articleBody":"# Bug report\n\n### Bug description:\n\nIf I run 3.14 on Linux without a working `_curses` extension, I get this misleading warning from pyrepl:\n\n```\nwarning: can't use pyrepl: Windows only\n```\n\nI suspect pyrepl is not _actually_ Windows only, and indeed if I fix `_curses` it works again.\n\nPresumably, a better warning would be\n\n```\nwarning: can't use pyrepl: No module named '_curses'\n```\n\nor something like that\n\n### CPython versions tested on:\n\n3.14\n\n### Operating systems tested on:\n\nLinux\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-136758\n* gh-136915\n* gh-136916\n* gh-136925\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/itamaro","@type":"Person","name":"itamaro"},"datePublished":"2025-06-17T16:11:24.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/135621/cpython/issues/135621"}