Merge 3.3 (#4931)

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py
index 548865c..4e9d79b 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ from test.support import run_unittest
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsPlatformError, DistutilsByteCompileError
 from distutils.util import (get_platform, convert_path, change_root,
                             check_environ, split_quoted, strtobool,
-                            rfc822_escape, byte_compile)
+                            rfc822_escape, byte_compile,
+                            grok_environment_error)
 from distutils import util # used to patch _environ_checked
 from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_vars
 from distutils import sysconfig
@@ -285,6 +286,13 @@ class UtilTestCase(support.EnvironGuard, unittest.TestCase):
         finally:
             sys.dont_write_bytecode = old_dont_write_bytecode
 
+    def test_grok_environment_error(self):
+        # test obsolete function to ensure backward compat (#4931)
+        exc = IOError("Unable to find batch file")
+        msg = grok_environment_error(exc)
+        self.assertEqual(msg, "error: Unable to find batch file")
+
+
 def test_suite():
     return unittest.makeSuite(UtilTestCase)