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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:08:08 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [3.14] gh-142353: Isolate tests from personal GNU Readline init files (GH-142370... 
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[3.14] gh-142353: Isolate tests from personal GNU Readline init files (GH-142370) (#142634)

gh-142353: Isolate tests from personal GNU Readline init files (GH-142370)

Isolate tests from personal Readline init files using `INPUTRC=/dev/null` trick.
(cherry picked from commit f564654bae79c69e3de40dadbec2399f1423ffcf)

Co-authored-by: Bartosz Sławecki <bartosz@ilikepython.com>
Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
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diff --git a/Lib/test/support/pty_helper.py b/Lib/test/support/pty_helper.py
index 6587fd40333c..dbe7fa429096 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/pty_helper.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/pty_helper.py
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ def run_pty(script, input=b"dummy input\r", env=None):
     output = bytearray()
     [master, slave] = pty.openpty()
     args = (sys.executable, '-c', script)
+
+    # Isolate readline from personal init files by setting INPUTRC
+    # to an empty file. See also GH-142353.
+    if env is None:
+        env = {**os.environ.copy(), "INPUTRC": os.devnull}
+    else:
+        env.setdefault("INPUTRC", os.devnull)
+
     proc = subprocess.Popen(args, stdin=slave, stdout=slave, stderr=slave, env=env)
     os.close(slave)
     with ExitStack() as cleanup: