Check the python version of the interpreter running the tests

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/python/test/Ice/asyncio/test.py b/python/test/Ice/asyncio/test.py
index 5e4ba559841..8df759f8107 100644
--- a/python/test/Ice/asyncio/test.py
+++ b/python/test/Ice/asyncio/test.py
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@
 # Copyright (c) ZeroC, Inc. All rights reserved.
 #
 
+
 # This test requires asyncio methods which are only available with Python 3.7
+# We want to check the version of the python interpreter used to run the tests
+# not the version of the python interpreter running this script see --python option
+
+version = subprocess.check_output([currentConfig.python,
+                                   "-c",
+                                   "import sys; print(f\"{sys.version_info[0]}.{sys.version_info[1]}\")"], text=True)
+version = tuple(int(num) for num in version.split("."))
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
+if version >= (3, 7):
     TestSuite(__name__)
diff --git a/scripts/Util.py b/scripts/Util.py
index 9f2f9e32f89..7497cee2096 100644
--- a/scripts/Util.py
+++ b/scripts/Util.py
@@ -892,6 +892,8 @@ class Mapping(object):
     def loadTestSuites(self, tests, config, filters=[], rfilters=[]):
         global currentMapping
         currentMapping = self
+        global currentConfig
+        currentConfig = config
         try:
             origsyspath = sys.path
             prefix = os.path.commonprefix([toplevel, self.component.getScriptDir()])