  ### Tests
  ###############################################################################
  
-@@ -541,6 +544,49 @@ class GCTests(unittest.TestCase):
+@@ -541,6 +544,39 @@ class GCTests(unittest.TestCase):
              # would be damaged, with an empty __dict__.
              self.assertEqual(x, None)
  

+                     'built with -NDEBUG')
+    def test_refcount_errors(self):
+        # Verify the "handling" of objects with broken refcounts
+ 
+        import_module("ctypes") #skip if not supported
+
+        import subprocess

diff -up Python-2.7.11/Lib/test/test_gc.py.gc-assertions Python-2.7.11/Lib/test/test_gc.py
--- Python-2.7.11/Lib/test/test_gc.py.gc-assertions	2015-12-13 17:29:01.696502634 +0000
+++ Python-2.7.11/Lib/test/test_gc.py	2015-12-13 17:31:32.528681221 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import unittest
-from test.test_support import verbose, run_unittest, start_threads
