gh-138216: Fix testGetServBy fails on systems without certain entries in /etc/services

Lib/test/test_socket.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from test.support.import_helper import ensure_lazy_imports
 import _thread as thread
 import array
+import collections
 import contextlib
 import errno
 import gc
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwds):
 
     return decorator
 
+
 def get_cid():
     if fcntl is None:
         return None
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ def get_cid():
     else:
         return struct.unpack("I", r)[0]
 
+
 def _have_socket_can():
     """Check whether CAN sockets are supported on this host."""
     try:
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ def _have_socket_can():
         s.close()
     return True
 
+
 def _have_socket_can_isotp():
     """Check whether CAN ISOTP sockets are supported on this host."""
     try:
@@ -121,6 +125,7 @@ def _have_socket_can_isotp():
         s.close()
     return True
 
+
 def _have_socket_can_j1939():
     """Check whether CAN J1939 sockets are supported on this host."""
     try:
@@ -131,6 +136,7 @@ def _have_socket_can_j1939():
         s.close()
     return True
 
+
 def _have_socket_rds():
     """Check whether RDS sockets are supported on this host."""
     try:
@@ -141,6 +147,7 @@ def _have_socket_rds():
         s.close()
     return True
 
+
 def _have_socket_alg():
     """Check whether AF_ALG sockets are supported on this host."""
     try:
@@ -151,6 +158,7 @@ def _have_socket_alg():
         s.close()
     return True
 
+
 def _have_socket_qipcrtr():
     """Check whether AF_QIPCRTR sockets are supported on this host."""
     try:
@@ -161,6 +169,7 @@ def _have_socket_qipcrtr():
         s.close()
     return True
 
+
 def _have_socket_vsock():
     """Check whether AF_VSOCK sockets are supported on this host."""
     cid = get_cid()
@@ -202,6 +211,28 @@ def _have_socket_hyperv():
     return True
 
 
+def _find_service(expected_protocols,
+                  services_file='/etc/services'):
+    if not os.path.exists(services_file):
+        return None
+    expected_protocols = set(expected_protocols)
+    services = collections.defaultdict(set)
+    with open(services_file, 'r') as f:
+        for line in map(str.strip, f):
+            if line.startswith('#'):
+                continue
+            tokens = line.split()
+            if len(tokens) < 2 or '/' not in tokens[1]:
+                continue
+            service_name = tokens[0]
+            _, service_protocol = tokens[1].split('/', maxsplit=1)
+            service_protocols = services[service_name]
+            service_protocols.add(service_protocol)
+            if service_protocols <= expected_protocols:
+                return service_name
+    return None
+
+
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def socket_setdefaulttimeout(timeout):
     old_timeout = socket.getdefaulttimeout()
@@ -1276,7 +1307,10 @@ def testGetServBy(self):
             except OSError:
                 pass
         else:
-            raise OSError
+            service = _find_service(['tcp'])
+            if service is None:
+                self.skipTest('No available TCP service found.')
+            port = socket.getservbyname(service, 'tcp')
         # Try same call with optional protocol omitted
         # Issue gh-71123: this fails on Android before API level 23.
         if not (support.is_android and platform.android_ver().api_level < 23):

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2025-08-28-09-21-18.gh-issue-138216.lNF79V.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix ``testGetServBy`` in ``test_socket.py`` on systems without certain entries in ``/etc/services``.