bpo-31904: add shell requirement for test_pipes

Doc/library/pipes.rst

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ The :mod:`pipes` module defines a class to abstract the concept of a *pipeline*
 Because the module uses :program:`/bin/sh` command lines, a POSIX or compatible
 shell for :func:`os.system` and :func:`os.popen` is required.
 
+.. availability:: Unix. Not available on VxWorks.
+
 The :mod:`pipes` module defines the following class:
 
 

Lib/test/support/__init__.py

@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ def requires_lzma(reason='requires lzma'):
 
 is_android = hasattr(sys, 'getandroidapilevel')
 
-if sys.platform != 'win32':
+if sys.platform not in ('win32', 'vxworks'):
     unix_shell = '/system/bin/sh' if is_android else '/bin/sh'
 else:
     unix_shell = None

Lib/test/test_pipes.py

@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
 import string
 import unittest
 import shutil
-from test.support import run_unittest, reap_children
+from test.support import run_unittest, reap_children, unix_shell
 from test.support.os_helper import TESTFN, unlink
 
 
 if os.name != 'posix':
     raise unittest.SkipTest('pipes module only works on posix')
 
+if not (unix_shell and os.path.exists(unix_shell)):
+    raise unittest.SkipTest('pipes module requires a shell')
+
 TESTFN2 = TESTFN + "2"
 
 # tr a-z A-Z is not portable, so make the ranges explicit

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-11-24-17-26-41.bpo-31904.eug834.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add shell requirement for test_pipes