Issue #19493: Merge with 3.4

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  Tests
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++- Issue #19493: Refactored the ctypes test package to skip tests explicitly
++  rather than silently.
++
 +- Issue #18492: All resources are now allowed when tests are not run by
 +  regrtest.py.
 +
 +- Issue #21634: Fix pystone micro-benchmark: use floor division instead of true
 +  division to benchmark integers instead of floating point numbers. Set pystone
 +  version to 1.2. Patch written by Lennart Regebro.
 +
 +- Issue #21605: Added tests for Tkinter images.
 +
 +- Issue #21493: Added test for ntpath.expanduser().  Original patch by
 +  Claudiu Popa.
 +
 +- Issue #19925: Added tests for the spwd module. Original patch by Vajrasky Kok.
 +
 +- Issue #21522: Added Tkinter tests for Listbox.itemconfigure(),
 +  PanedWindow.paneconfigure(), and Menu.entryconfigure().
 +
 +- Issue #17756: Fix test_code test when run from the installed location.
 +
 +- Issue #17752: Fix distutils tests when run from the installed location.
 +
  - Issue #18604: Consolidated checks for GUI availability.  All platforms now
    at least check whether Tk can be instantiated when the GUI resource is
    requested.