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+import os.path
+import unittest
+
+POSSIBLE_TEST_BINARIES = [
+    'libreadline.so.5',
+    'libreadline.so.6',
+]
+
+POSSIBLE_TEST_BINARY_PATHS = [
+    '/lib',
+    '/usr/lib',
+    '/usr/local/lib',
+]
+
+class TestBase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def get_test_binary(self):
+        """Helper to obtain a test binary for object file testing.
+
+        FIXME Support additional, highly-likely targets or create one
+        ourselves.
+        """
+        for d in POSSIBLE_TEST_BINARY_PATHS:
+            for lib in POSSIBLE_TEST_BINARIES:
+                path = os.path.join(d, lib)
+
+                if os.path.exists(path):
+                    return path
+
+        raise Exception('No suitable test binaries available!')