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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 7 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py index 03d1708..383b2af 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py @@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ class urlopenNetworkTests(unittest.TestCase): def test_bad_address(self): # Make sure proper exception is raised when connecting to a bogus # address. + bogus_domain = "sadflkjsasf.i.nvali.d" + try: + socket.gethostbyname(bogus_domain) + except socket.gaierror: + pass + else: + # This happens with some overzealous DNS providers such as OpenDNS + self.skipTest("%r should not resolve for test to work" % bogus_domain) self.assertRaises(IOError, # SF patch 809915: In Sep 2003, VeriSign started # highjacking invalid .com and .net addresses to @@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ Library - Issue #12467: warnings: fix a race condition if a warning is emitted at shutdown, if globals()['__file__'] is None. +Tests +----- + +- Avoid failing in test_urllibnet.test_bad_address when some overzealous + DNS service (e.g. OpenDNS) resolves a non-existent domain name. The test + is now skipped instead. + What's New in Python 3.2.1 release candidate 2? =============================================== |