From 693a53f2cd105899a965ae0d43ea93020493a870 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harjoth Khara <harjoth.khara@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:28:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] gh-151096: Fix test_embed with split exec prefix (GH-151288)
 (cherry picked from commit b19839b40c771904b87ea35127f9fa1b8058597e)

Co-authored-by: Harjoth Khara <harjoth.khara@gmail.com>
---
 Lib/test/test_embed.py                                    | 8 +++++---
 .../Tests/2026-06-16-05-11-38.gh-issue-151096.Kq3Lp9.rst  | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-06-16-05-11-38.gh-issue-151096.Kq3Lp9.rst

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_embed.py b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
index c5ced3cc6134b9..6a464e6d8f9cac 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_embed.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ def module_search_paths(self, prefix=None, exec_prefix=None):
         if prefix is None:
             prefix = config['config']['prefix']
         if exec_prefix is None:
-            exec_prefix = config['config']['prefix']
+            exec_prefix = config['config']['exec_prefix']
         if MS_WINDOWS:
             return config['config']['module_search_paths']
         else:
@@ -1578,8 +1578,10 @@ def test_init_is_python_build_with_home(self):
             expected_paths[1 if MS_WINDOWS else 2] = os.path.normpath(
                 os.path.join(exedir, f'{f.read()}\n$'.splitlines()[0]))
         if not MS_WINDOWS:
-            # PREFIX (default) is set when running in build directory
-            prefix = exec_prefix = sys.prefix
+            # PREFIX and EXEC_PREFIX (defaults) are set when running in the
+            # build directory and may differ with --exec-prefix (gh-151096).
+            prefix = sys.prefix
+            exec_prefix = sys.exec_prefix
             # stdlib calculation (/Lib) is not yet supported
             expected_paths[0] = self.module_search_paths(prefix=prefix)[0]
             config.update(prefix=prefix, base_prefix=prefix,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-06-16-05-11-38.gh-issue-151096.Kq3Lp9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-06-16-05-11-38.gh-issue-151096.Kq3Lp9.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3251c6fb094723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2026-06-16-05-11-38.gh-issue-151096.Kq3Lp9.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix ``test_embed`` failing when CPython is configured with a split exec prefix
+(``--exec-prefix`` differing from ``--prefix``).