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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Android/iOS buildbot should run `python -m test.pythoninfo`","articleBody":"Currently, \"aarch64 Android 3.x\" buildbot worker \"only\" runs the test suite: https://buildbot.python.org/#/builders/1594/builds/4352. It doesn't run the \"python -m test.pythoninfo\" step.\n\npythoninfo is useful to debug test failures and collect build information. For example, I wanted to check if Android defines the `__STDC_IEC_559__` C macro: [I looked for *iec_60559*](https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/138811#issuecomment-4125344962) in `sys.float_info`, but Android lacks `pythoninfo` data.\n\nI had a look at `Android/android.py` and it seems like launching a single Python process is quite heavy. It unpack the Python package, launches \"gradle\" which download stuff, setup a logger, etc. So it seems like launching a second Python process just for `python -m test.pythoninfo` would be inefficient.\n\nInstead, I propose adding a `--pythoninfo` option to `python -m test` so we can dump build information and run the test suite in a single command.\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-146413\n* gh-146457\n* gh-146494\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/vstinner","@type":"Person","name":"vstinner"},"datePublished":"2026-03-25T11:07:01.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/146410/cpython/issues/146410"}