test_embed skipped when srcdir != builddir

[ronaldoussoren]

BPO	34255
Nosy	@ronaldoussoren, @vstinner
PRs	bpo-34255: Ensure that test.test_embed works when blddir != srcdir #8528

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title = 'test_embed skipped when srcdir != builddir'
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[ronaldoussoren]

The testsuite skips test_embed when srcdir != builddir, that's because test.test_embed assumes that _testembed is in the source directory.

I noticed this while working on bpo-34247.

[neonene]

This issue is now fixed by 96464e5 (3.12 main) and 79d2269 (3.11).
Thanks.