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authorEzio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>2013-03-29 23:32:45 (GMT)
committerEzio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>2013-03-29 23:32:45 (GMT)
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#17564: skip test_bad_address unless the tests are run with -unetwork/-uall.
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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py5
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py
index ec34375..0802f69 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py
@@ -489,6 +489,11 @@ class TestUrlopen(BaseTestCase):
def test_bad_address(self):
# Make sure proper exception is raised when connecting to a bogus
# address.
+
+ # as indicated by the comment below, this might fail with some ISP,
+ # so we run the test only when -unetwork/-uall is specified to
+ # mitigate the problem a bit (see #17564)
+ test_support.requires('network')
self.assertRaises(IOError,
# Given that both VeriSign and various ISPs have in
# the past or are presently hijacking various invalid