Ryan,

Here's the results after the edit to the ctypes test. I also re-compiled gdb with python support, which is why this took so long

(gdb) file ./python

Load new symbol table from "./python"? (y or n) y
Reading symbols from ./python...done.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/bld/pyt/cpython-android/python-gdb.py", line 59, in <module>
    _type_char_ptr = gdb.lookup_type('char').pointer() # char*
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'lookup_type'

(gdb) set args -m tests
(gdb) set sysroot /usr/gcc-4.9-pie/sysroot
(gdb) run

Starting program: /bld/pyt/cpython-android/python -m tests
setpgrp failed in child: No such process
warning: Unable to find dynamic linker breakpoint function.
GDB will be unable to debug shared library initializers
and track explicitly loaded dynamic code.

Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction.
0xb6a63cc8 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
Python Exception <class 'ImportError'> No module named 'gdb.frames':
#0  0xb6a63cc8 in ?? ()
#1  0xb6a5feb0 in ?? ()
Backtrace stopped: previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?)