--- /dev/null
+diff -up Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_gdb.py.gdb-autoload-safepath Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
+--- Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_gdb.py.gdb-autoload-safepath 2012-04-30 15:53:57.254045220 -0400
++++ Python-2.7.3/Lib/test/test_gdb.py 2012-04-30 16:19:19.569941124 -0400
+@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ def gdb_has_frame_select():
+
+ HAS_PYUP_PYDOWN = gdb_has_frame_select()
+
++def gdb_has_autoload_safepath():
++ # Recent GDBs will only auto-load scripts from certain safe
++ # locations, so we will need to turn off this protection.
++ # However, if the GDB doesn't have it, then the following
++ # command will generate noise on stderr (rhbz#817072):
++ cmd = "--eval-command=set auto-load safe-path /"
++ p = subprocess.Popen(["gdb", "--batch", cmd],
++ stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
++ _, stderr = p.communicate()
++ return '"on" or "off" expected.' not in stderr
++
++HAS_AUTOLOAD_SAFEPATH = gdb_has_autoload_safepath()
++
+ class DebuggerTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+ """Test that the debugger can debug Python."""
+diff -up Python-2.7.10/Lib/test/test_gdb.py.ms Python-2.7.10/Lib/test/test_gdb.py
+--- Python-2.7.10/Lib/test/test_gdb.py.ms 2015-05-25 17:00:25.028462615 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.10/Lib/test/test_gdb.py 2015-05-25 17:01:53.166359822 +0200
+@@ -153,6 +153,17 @@ class DebuggerTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+ 'run']
+
++ if HAS_AUTOLOAD_SAFEPATH:
++ # Recent GDBs will only auto-load scripts from certain safe
++ # locations.
++ # Where necessary, turn off this protection to ensure that
++ # our -gdb.py script can be loaded - but not on earlier gdb builds
++ # as this would generate noise on stderr (rhbz#817072):
++ init_commands = ['set auto-load safe-path /']
++ else:
++ init_commands = []
++
++
+ # GDB as of 7.4 onwards can distinguish between the
+ # value of a variable at entry vs current value:
+ # http://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Variables.html
+@@ -167,10 +178,11 @@ class DebuggerTests(unittest.TestCase):
+ else:
+ commands += ['backtrace']
+
+- # print commands
++ # print init_commands
+
+ # Use "commands" to generate the arguments with which to invoke "gdb":
+ args = ["gdb", "--batch", "-nx"]
++ args += ['--init-eval-command=%s' % cmd for cmd in init_commands]
+ args += ['--eval-command=%s' % cmd for cmd in commands]
+ args += ["--args",
+ sys.executable]