Sync with upstream release 112.0

Signed-off-by: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>

.gitignore

@@ -28,3 +28,8 @@
 /avocado-79.0.tar.gz
 /avocado-80.0.tar.gz
 /avocado-82.0.tar.gz
+/avocado-92.0.tar.gz
+/avocado-92.1.tar.gz
+/avocado-92.1-python312.patch
+/avocado-92.3.tar.gz
+/avocado-112.0.tar.gz

python-avocado.spec

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
     %global gittar          avocado-%{version}.tar.gz
 %else
     %if ! 0%{?commit:1}
-        %global commit      e97540793998c4f24a16000465dd7fdd213bf2b9
+        %global commit      e4ede79f097dcc1dbd30e43ffe3b7daf52d2204d
     %endif
     %if ! 0%{?commit_date:1}
-        %global commit_date 20200911
+        %global commit_date 20251010
     %endif
     %global shortcommit     %(c=%{commit};echo ${c:0:9})
     %global gitrel          .%{commit_date}git%{shortcommit}
@@ -24,18 +24,20 @@
 # the functional tests are time and resource sensitive and can
 # cause race conditions and random build failures. They are
 # enabled by default.
-%global with_tests 1
+# You can disable them with rpmbuild ... --without tests
+%bcond_without tests
 
-# resultsdb is not available for RHEL
-%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+# Only Fedora 36 and later have a suitable python3-resutlsdb_api
+# package
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 36
 %global with_resultsdb 1
 %else
 %global with_resultsdb 0
 %endif
 
 Name: python-avocado
-Version: 82.0
-Release: 2%{?gitrel}%{?dist}
+Version: 112.0
+Release: 1%{?gitrel}%{?dist}
 Summary: Framework with tools and libraries for Automated Testing
 # Found licenses:
 # avocado/core/tapparser.py: MIT
@@ -58,23 +60,35 @@ BuildRequires: python3-jinja2
 BuildRequires: python3-lxml
 BuildRequires: python3-psutil
 BuildRequires: python3-setuptools
+%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+BuildRequires: python-aexpect
+%endif
 %if %{with_resultsdb}
 BuildRequires: python3-resultsdb_api
 BuildRequires: python3-pycdlib
 %endif
 
-%if 0%{?with_tests}
+%if %{with tests}
+BuildRequires: python3-jsonschema
+%if ! 0%{?rhel} >= 9
 BuildRequires: genisoimage
+%endif
 BuildRequires: libcdio
 BuildRequires: psmisc
 %if ! 0%{?rhel}
 BuildRequires: perl-Test-Harness
+BuildRequires: python3-xmlschema
+BuildRequires: ansible-core
 %endif
 BuildRequires: glibc-all-langpacks
 BuildRequires: python3-netifaces
 BuildRequires: python3-yaml
+BuildRequires: nmap-ncat
+BuildRequires: gcc
+BuildRequires: gdb
+BuildRequires: gdb-gdbserver
 %endif
-# with_tests
+# with tests
 
 %description
 Avocado is a set of tools and libraries (what people call
@@ -84,10 +98,12 @@ these days a framework) to perform automated testing.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n avocado-%{gitref}
 %if 0%{?rhel}
-sed -e "s/'PyYAML>=4.2b2'/'PyYAML>=3.12'/" -i optional_plugins/varianter_yaml_to_mux/setup.py
+sed -e 's/"PyYAML>=4.2b2"/"PyYAML>=3.12"/' -i optional_plugins/varianter_yaml_to_mux/setup.py
+%endif
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 42
+sed -e '/"markupsafe<3.0.0"/d' -i optional_plugins/html/setup.py
+sed -e '/"markupsafe<3.0.0"/d' -i optional_plugins/ansible/setup.py
 %endif
-# drop unnecessary install requirement
-sed -e "s/'markupsafe<2.0.0', //" -i optional_plugins/html/setup.py
 
 %build
 %py3_build
@@ -102,12 +118,14 @@ popd
 pushd optional_plugins/varianter_yaml_to_mux
     %py3_build
 popd
-pushd optional_plugins/loader_yaml
-    %py3_build
-popd
 pushd optional_plugins/golang
     %py3_build
 popd
+%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+pushd optional_plugins/ansible
+    %py3_build
+popd
+%endif
 pushd optional_plugins/varianter_pict
     %py3_build
 popd
@@ -117,22 +135,33 @@ popd
 pushd optional_plugins/result_upload
     %py3_build
 popd
-pushd optional_plugins/glib
+pushd optional_plugins/mail
     %py3_build
 popd
+%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+pushd optional_plugins/spawner_remote
+    %py3_build
+popd
+%endif
 rst2man man/avocado.rst man/avocado.1
 
 %install
 %py3_install
 for exe in \
     avocado \
-    avocado-runner \
     avocado-runner-noop \
-    avocado-runner-exec \
+    avocado-runner-dry-run \
     avocado-runner-exec-test \
     avocado-runner-python-unittest \
     avocado-runner-avocado-instrumented \
     avocado-runner-tap \
+    avocado-runner-asset \
+    avocado-runner-package \
+    avocado-runner-pip \
+    avocado-runner-podman-image \
+    avocado-runner-sysinfo \
+    avocado-runner-vmimage \
+    avocado-external-runner \
     avocado-software-manager
 do
     mv %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/$exe %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/$exe-%{python3_version}
@@ -144,9 +173,6 @@ done
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/avocado/etc
 # ditto for libexec files
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/avocado/libexec
-# adjust permissions for file containing shebang line needed for
-# spawning tasks in podman containers
-chmod -c +x %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/avocado/core/nrunner.py
 pushd optional_plugins/html
     %py3_install
 popd
@@ -158,12 +184,14 @@ popd
 pushd optional_plugins/varianter_yaml_to_mux
     %py3_install
 popd
-pushd optional_plugins/loader_yaml
-    %py3_install
-popd
 pushd optional_plugins/golang
     %py3_install
 popd
+%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+pushd optional_plugins/ansible
+    %py3_install
+popd
+%endif
 pushd optional_plugins/varianter_pict
     %py3_install
 popd
@@ -173,9 +201,14 @@ popd
 pushd optional_plugins/result_upload
     %py3_install
 popd
-pushd optional_plugins/glib
+pushd optional_plugins/mail
     %py3_install
 popd
+%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+pushd optional_plugins/spawner_remote
+    %py3_install
+popd
+%endif
 # cleanup plugin test cruft
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/tests
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/avocado
@@ -199,13 +232,12 @@ cp -r examples/plugins %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/avocado/plugins
 cp -r examples/tests %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/avocado/tests
 cp -r examples/varianter_cit %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/avocado/varianter_cit
 cp -r examples/varianter_pict %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/avocado/varianter_pict
-cp -r examples/wrappers %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/avocado/wrappers
 cp -r examples/yaml_to_mux %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/avocado/yaml_to_mux
-cp -r examples/yaml_to_mux_loader %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/avocado/yaml_to_mux_loader
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datarootdir}/avocado
+mv %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/avocado/schemas %{buildroot}%{_datarootdir}/avocado
 find %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/avocado -type f -name '*.py' -exec chmod -c -x {} ';'
 
-
-%if 0%{?with_tests}
+%if %{with tests}
 %check
     # LANG: to make the results predictable, we pin the language
     # that is used during test execution.
@@ -216,7 +248,7 @@ find %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/avocado -type f -name '*.py' -exec chmod -c -x {} ';
         PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}:. \
         LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \
         AVOCADO_CHECK_LEVEL=0 \
-        %{python3} selftests/run
+        %{python3} selftests/check.py --skip static-checks --disable-plugin-checks robot
 %endif
 
 
@@ -242,15 +274,12 @@ these days a framework) to perform automated testing.
 %{_bindir}/avocado-%{python3_version}
 %{_bindir}/avocado-3
 %{_bindir}/avocado
-%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-%{python3_version}
-%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-3
-%{_bindir}/avocado-runner
 %{_bindir}/avocado-runner-noop-%{python3_version}
 %{_bindir}/avocado-runner-noop-3
 %{_bindir}/avocado-runner-noop
-%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-exec-%{python3_version}
-%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-exec-3
-%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-exec
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-dry-run-%{python3_version}
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-dry-run-3
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-dry-run
 %{_bindir}/avocado-runner-exec-test-%{python3_version}
 %{_bindir}/avocado-runner-exec-test-3
 %{_bindir}/avocado-runner-exec-test
@@ -263,9 +292,30 @@ these days a framework) to perform automated testing.
 %{_bindir}/avocado-runner-tap-%{python3_version}
 %{_bindir}/avocado-runner-tap-3
 %{_bindir}/avocado-runner-tap
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-asset-%{python3_version}
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-asset-3
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-asset
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-package-%{python3_version}
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-package-3
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-package
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-pip-%{python3_version}
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-pip-3
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-pip
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-podman-image-%{python3_version}
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-podman-image-3
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-podman-image
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-sysinfo-%{python3_version}
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-sysinfo-3
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-sysinfo
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-vmimage-%{python3_version}
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-vmimage-3
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-vmimage
 %{_bindir}/avocado-software-manager-%{python3_version}
 %{_bindir}/avocado-software-manager-3
 %{_bindir}/avocado-software-manager
+%{_bindir}/avocado-external-runner-%{python3_version}
+%{_bindir}/avocado-external-runner-3
+%{_bindir}/avocado-external-runner
 
 
 %package -n python-avocado-common
@@ -286,6 +336,10 @@ Common files (such as configuration) for the Avocado Testing Framework.
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/avocado/scripts/job
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/avocado/scripts/job/pre.d
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/avocado/scripts/job/post.d
+%dir %{_sharedstatedir}/avocado/data
+%dir %{_datarootdir}/avocado
+%dir %{_datarootdir}/avocado/schemas
+%{_datarootdir}/avocado/schemas/*
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/avocado/sysinfo/commands
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/avocado/sysinfo/files
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/avocado/sysinfo/profilers
@@ -339,20 +393,6 @@ defined in a yaml file(s).
 %{python3_sitelib}/avocado_framework_plugin_varianter_yaml_to_mux-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
 
 
-%package -n python3-avocado-plugins-loader-yaml
-Summary: Avocado plugin that loads tests from YAML files
-License: GPLv2+
-Requires: python3-avocado-plugins-varianter-yaml-to-mux == %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description -n python3-avocado-plugins-loader-yaml
-Can be used to produce a test suite from definitions in a YAML file,
-similar to the one used in the yaml_to_mux varianter plugin.
-
-%files -n python3-avocado-plugins-loader-yaml
-%{python3_sitelib}/avocado_loader_yaml/
-%{python3_sitelib}/avocado_framework_plugin_loader_yaml-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
-
-
 %package -n python3-avocado-plugins-golang
 Summary: Avocado plugin for execution of golang tests
 License: GPLv2+
@@ -366,6 +406,25 @@ also run them.
 %files -n python3-avocado-plugins-golang
 %{python3_sitelib}/avocado_golang/
 %{python3_sitelib}/avocado_framework_plugin_golang-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-golang
+
+
+%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+%package -n python3-avocado-plugins-ansible
+Summary: Avocado Ansible Dependency plugin
+License: GPLv2+
+Requires: python3-avocado == %{version}-%{release}
+Requires: ansible-core
+
+%description -n python3-avocado-plugins-ansible
+Adds to Avocado the ability to use ansible modules as dependecies for
+tests.
+
+%files -n python3-avocado-plugins-ansible
+%{python3_sitelib}/avocado_ansible*
+%{python3_sitelib}/avocado_framework_plugin_ansible*
+%{_bindir}/avocado-runner-ansible-module
+%endif
 
 
 %package -n python3-avocado-plugins-varianter-pict
@@ -410,20 +469,32 @@ a dedicated sever.
 %{python3_sitelib}/avocado_result_upload/
 %{python3_sitelib}/avocado_framework_plugin_result_upload-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
 
-
-%package -n python3-avocado-plugins-glib
-Summary: Avocado plugin for execution of GLib Test Framework tests
+%package -n python3-avocado-plugins-result-mail
+Summary: Avocado Mail Notification for Jobs
 License: GPLv2+
 Requires: python3-avocado == %{version}-%{release}
 
-%description -n python3-avocado-plugins-glib
-This optional plugin is intended to list and run tests written in the
-GLib Test Framework.
+%description -n python3-avocado-plugins-result-mail
+The Mail result plugin enables you to receive email notifications
+for job start and completion events within the Avocado testing framework.
 
-%files -n python3-avocado-plugins-glib
-%{python3_sitelib}/avocado_glib/
-%{python3_sitelib}/avocado_framework_plugin_glib-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
+%files -n python3-avocado-plugins-result-mail
+%{python3_sitelib}/avocado_result_mail*
+%{python3_sitelib}/avocado_framework_plugin_result_mail*
 
+%if ! 0%{?rhel}
+%package -n python3-avocado-plugins-spawner-remote
+Summary: Avocado Plugin to spawn tests on a remote host
+License: GPLv2+
+Requires: python3-avocado == %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description -n python3-avocado-plugins-spawner-remote
+This optional plugin is intended to spawn tests on a remote host.
+
+%files -n python3-avocado-plugins-spawner-remote
+%{python3_sitelib}/avocado_spawner_remote*
+%{python3_sitelib}/avocado_framework_plugin_spawner_remote*
+%endif
 
 %package -n python-avocado-examples
 Summary: Avocado Test Framework Example Tests
@@ -444,9 +515,7 @@ examples of how to write tests on your own.
 %{_docdir}/avocado/tests
 %{_docdir}/avocado/varianter_cit
 %{_docdir}/avocado/varianter_pict
-%{_docdir}/avocado/wrappers
 %{_docdir}/avocado/yaml_to_mux
-%{_docdir}/avocado/yaml_to_mux_loader
 
 
 %package -n python-avocado-bash
@@ -469,6 +538,93 @@ Again Shell code (and possibly other similar shells).
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 10 2025 Cleber Rosa  <crosa@redhat.com> - 112.0-1
+- Sync with upstream release 112.0
+- Removed python3-elementpath build requirement
+- Made the remote spawner a proper sub package
+- Packaged JSON schema files
+- Introduced new sub package for mail plugin
+- Removed the pinning of markupsafe on Fedora 42 and later
+- Packaged avocado-runner-pip
+- Packaged avocado-runner-vmimage
+- Provide requirements for running the functional test
+  nrunner.py:TaskRunStatusService.test_task_status_service_lost
+- Require gcc, gdb and gdb-gdbserver for tests
+
+* Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 92.3-6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Jun 03 2025 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 92.3-5
+- Rebuilt for Python 3.14
+
+* Mon Jan 20 2025 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 92.3-4
+- Loosen the PyYAML version requirement in python3-avocado-plugins-varianter-yaml-to-mux
+
+* Mon Jan 20 2025 Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com> - 92.3-3
+- convert remaining licenses to SPDX
+
+* Sat Jan 18 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 92.3-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Aug 19 2024 Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com> - 92.3-1
+- Updated to 92.3
+- Support building and running under Python 3.13 for F42
+- Removed patch from 92.1 as its present in 92.3
+
+* Fri Jul 26 2024 Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@redhat.com> - 92.1-8
+- convert license to SPDX
+
+* Fri Jul 19 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 92.1-7
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jun 07 2024 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 92.1-6
+- Rebuilt for Python 3.13
+
+* Mon Jan 29 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 92.1-5
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jan 26 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 92.1-4
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sun Jan 21 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 92.1-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jul 21 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 92.1-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Jul 17 2023 Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com> - 92.1-1
+- Updated to 92.1
+- Support building and running under Python 3.12 for F39
+
+* Wed Jun 14 2023 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 92.0-3
+- Rebuilt for Python 3.12
+
+* Fri Jan 20 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 92.0-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Aug  9 2022 Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com> - 92.0-1
+- Use selftests/check.py job instead of more limited selftests/run
+- Included avocado-runner-sysinfo, avocado-runner-requirement-package,
+  avocado-runner-requirement-asset and avocado-runner-dry-run and
+  avocado-runner-golang executables
+- Removed avocado-runner-exec executable
+- Removed loader_yaml and glib plugin packages
+
+* Fri Jul 22 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 82.0-7
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Jun 21 2022 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 82.0-6
+- Rebuilt for Python 3.11
+
+* Fri Jan 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 82.0-5
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jul 28 2021 Merlin Mathesius <mmathesi@redhat.com> - 82.0-4
+- Loosen jinja2 version requirement to fix FTBFS in Rawhide
+
+* Fri Jul 23 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 82.0-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
+
 * Thu Mar 18 2021 Merlin Mathesius <mmathesi@redhat.com> - 82.0-2
 - Drop obsolete packages from BuildRequires
 - Generate man page directly using 'rst2man' rather than requiring 'make'

sources

@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (avocado-82.0.tar.gz) = 099ab131b2b941602550e71507e4ca517d5d2cd5152b255edace0473c9de93aac8163a61689414b5b58f9211f58981c3c30c1c3ca8a191283f609722ce07f173
+SHA512 (avocado-112.0.tar.gz) = 1872eda730f5cd28f0562732464ce14b2c7731cedb298fcc4b093a04235d26cc5e3db7f92c3ae3edcd6104ad2db4fce66fa7a6148da754e4bdb8120fa12a75a3

tests/gdbtest.py

@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
 import os
 
-from six.moves import xrange as range
-
 from avocado import Test
-from avocado import main
-from avocado.utils import gdb
-from avocado.utils import genio
-from avocado.utils import process
+from avocado.utils import gdb, genio, process
 
 
 class GdbTest(Test):
@@ -32,17 +25,22 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
                     "-auto-debug-it"]
 
     def setUp(self):
-        return99_source_path = os.path.join(self.datadir, 'return99.c')
-        segfault_source_path = os.path.join(self.datadir, 'segfault.c')
-        self.return99_binary_path = os.path.join(self.outputdir, 'return99')
-        process.system('gcc -O0 -g %s -o %s' % (return99_source_path,
-                                                self.return99_binary_path))
-        self.segfault_binary_path = os.path.join(self.outputdir, 'segfault')
-        process.system('gcc -O0 -g %s -o %s' % (segfault_source_path,
-                                                self.segfault_binary_path))
+        self.return99_binary_path = os.path.join(self.teststmpdir, 'return99')
+        if not os.path.exists(self.return99_binary_path):
+            return99_source_path = self.get_data('return99.c')
+            if return99_source_path is None:
+                self.cancel('Test is missing data file "return99.c"')
+            process.system(f'gcc -O0 -g {return99_source_path} -o {self.return99_binary_path}')
+
+        self.segfault_binary_path = os.path.join(self.teststmpdir, 'segfault')
+        if not os.path.exists(self.segfault_binary_path):
+            segfault_source_path = self.get_data('segfault.c')
+            if segfault_source_path is None:
+                self.cancel('Test is missing data file "segfault.c"')
+            process.system(f'gcc -O0 -g {segfault_source_path} -o {self.segfault_binary_path}')
 
     @staticmethod
-    def is_process_alive(process):
+    def is_process_alive(process):  # pylint: disable=W0621
         """
         Checks if a process is still alive
 
@@ -73,14 +71,14 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
         g = gdb.GDB()
         self.log.info("Testing existing (valid) GDB commands using raw commands")
         for cmd in self.VALID_CMDS:
-            info_cmd = "-info-gdb-mi-command %s" % cmd[1:]
+            info_cmd = f"-info-gdb-mi-command {cmd[1:]}"
             r = g.cmd(info_cmd)
             self.assertEqual(r.result.result.command.exists, 'true')
 
         self.log.info("Testing non-existing (invalid) GDB commands using raw "
                       "commands")
         for cmd in self.INVALID_CMDS:
-            info_cmd = "-info-gdb-mi-command %s" % cmd[1:]
+            info_cmd = f"-info-gdb-mi-command {cmd[1:]}"
             r = g.cmd(info_cmd)
             self.assertEqual(r.result.result.command.exists, 'false')
 
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
         self.log.info("Testing that GDB loads a file and sets a breakpoint")
         g = gdb.GDB()
 
-        file_cmd = "-file-exec-and-symbols %s" % self.return99_binary_path
+        file_cmd = f"-file-exec-and-symbols {self.return99_binary_path}"
         r = g.cmd(file_cmd)
         self.assertEqual(r.result.class_, 'done')
 
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
         self.log.info("Testing that a core dump will be generated")
 
         g = gdb.GDB()
-        file_cmd = "-file-exec-and-symbols %s" % self.segfault_binary_path
+        file_cmd = f"-file-exec-and-symbols {self.segfault_binary_path}"
         r = g.cmd(file_cmd)
         self.assertEqual(r.result.class_, 'done')
 
@@ -156,12 +154,12 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
         other_messages = g.read_until_break()
         core_path = None
         for msg in other_messages:
-            parsed_msg = gdb.parse_mi(msg)
+            parsed_msg = gdb.parse_mi(msg.decode())
             if (hasattr(parsed_msg, 'class_') and
                 (parsed_msg.class_ == 'stopped') and
                     (parsed_msg.result.signal_name == 'SIGSEGV')):
-                core_path = "%s.core" % self.segfault_binary_path
-                gcore_cmd = 'gcore %s' % core_path
+                core_path = f"{self.segfault_binary_path}.core"
+                gcore_cmd = f'gcore {core_path}'
                 gcore_cmd = gdb.encode_mi_cli(gcore_cmd)
                 r = g.cmd(gcore_cmd)
                 self.assertEqual(r.result.class_, 'done')
@@ -191,14 +189,14 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
 
         # Do 100 cycle of target (kind of connects) and disconnects
         for _ in range(0, 100):
-            cmd = '-target-select extended-remote :%s' % s.port
+            cmd = f'-target-select extended-remote :{s.port}'
             r = g.cmd(cmd)
             self.assertEqual(r.result.class_, 'connected')
             r = g.cmd('-target-disconnect')
             self.assertEqual(r.result.class_, 'done')
 
         # manual server shutdown
-        cmd = '-target-select extended-remote :%s' % s.port
+        cmd = f'-target-select extended-remote :{s.port}'
         r = g.cmd(cmd)
         self.assertEqual(r.result.class_, 'connected')
         r = g.cli_cmd('monitor exit')
@@ -234,15 +232,15 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
         s = gdb.GDBServer()
         g = gdb.GDB()
 
-        cmd = '-file-exec-and-symbols %s' % self.return99_binary_path
+        cmd = f'-file-exec-and-symbols {self.return99_binary_path}'
         r = g.cmd(cmd)
         self.assertEqual(r.result.class_, 'done')
 
-        cmd = 'set remote exec-file %s' % self.return99_binary_path
+        cmd = f'set remote exec-file {self.return99_binary_path}'
         r = g.cmd(cmd)
         self.assertEqual(r.result.class_, 'done')
 
-        cmd = "-break-insert %s" % 'main'
+        cmd = f"-break-insert {'main'}"
         r = g.cmd(cmd)
         self.assertEqual(r.result.class_, 'done')
 
@@ -250,7 +248,7 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
 
         other_messages = g.read_until_break()
         for msg in other_messages:
-            parsed_msg = gdb.parse_mi(msg)
+            parsed_msg = gdb.parse_mi(msg.decode())
             if (hasattr(parsed_msg, 'class_') and
                 parsed_msg.class_ == 'stopped' and
                     parsed_msg.result.reason == 'breakpoint-hit'):
@@ -278,7 +276,8 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
         c1 = gdb.GDB()
         c1.connect(s.port)
         c2 = gdb.GDB()
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, c2.connect, s.port)
+        with self.assertRaises(gdb.UnexpectedResponseError):
+            c2.connect(s.port)
         s.exit()
 
     def test_server_exit(self):
@@ -310,43 +309,6 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
             server_instances[i].exit()
             self.assertFalse(self.is_process_alive(server_instances[i].process))
 
-    def test_interactive(self):
-        """
-        Tests avocado's GDB plugin features
-
-        If GDB command line options are given, `--gdb-run-bin=return99` for
-        this particular test, the test will stop at binary main() function.
-        """
-        self.log.info('Testing GDB interactivity')
-        process.run(self.return99_binary_path, ignore_status=True)
-
-    def test_interactive_args(self):
-        """
-        Tests avocado's GDB plugin features with an executable and args
-
-        If GDB command line options are given, `--gdb-run-bin=return99` for
-        this particular test, the test will stop at binary main() function.
-
-        This test uses `process.run()` without an `ignore_status` parameter
-        """
-        self.log.info('Testing GDB interactivity with arguments')
-        result = process.run("%s 0" % self.return99_binary_path)
-        self.assertEqual(result.exit_status, 0)
-
-    def test_exit_status(self):
-        """
-        Tests avocado's GDB plugin features
-
-        If GDB command line options are given, `--gdb-run-bin=return99` for
-        this particular test, the test will stop at binary main() function.
-        """
-        self.log.info('Testing process exit statuses')
-        for arg, exp in [(-1, 255), (8, 8)]:
-            self.log.info('Expecting exit status "%s"', exp)
-            cmd = "%s %s" % (self.return99_binary_path, arg)
-            result = process.run(cmd, ignore_status=True)
-            self.assertEqual(result.exit_status, exp)
-
     def test_server_stderr(self):
         self.log.info('Testing server stderr collection')
         s = gdb.GDBServer()
@@ -354,7 +316,7 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(s.stderr_path))
 
         stderr_lines = genio.read_all_lines(s.stderr_path)
-        listening_line = "Listening on port %s" % s.port
+        listening_line = f"Listening on port {s.port}"
         self.assertIn(listening_line, stderr_lines)
 
     def test_server_stdout(self):
@@ -372,28 +334,14 @@ class GdbTest(Test):
         stdout_lines = genio.read_all_lines(s.stdout_path)
         self.assertIn("return 99", stdout_lines)
 
-    def test_interactive_stdout(self):
-        """
-        Tests avocado's GDB plugin features
-
-        If GDB command line options are given, `--gdb-run-bin=return99` for
-        this particular test, the test will stop at binary main() function.
-        """
-        self.log.info('Testing GDB interactivity')
-        result = process.run(self.return99_binary_path, ignore_status=True)
-        self.assertIn("return 99\n", result.stdout)
-
-    def test_remote(self):
+    @staticmethod
+    def test_remote():
         """
         Tests GDBRemote interaction with a GDBServer
         """
         s = gdb.GDBServer()
         r = gdb.GDBRemote('127.0.0.1', s.port)
         r.connect()
-        r.cmd("qSupported")
-        r.cmd("qfThreadInfo")
+        r.cmd(b"qSupported")
+        r.cmd(b"qfThreadInfo")
         s.exit()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()