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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_nis.py7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_nis.py b/Lib/test/test_nis.py
index b28a672..b73faf9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_nis.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_nis.py
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ import nis
print 'nis.maps()'
try:
- # the following could fail if NIS isn't active
maps = nis.maps()
except nis.error, msg:
- raise TestFailed, msg
+ # NIS is probably not active, so this test isn't useful
+ if verbose:
+ raise TestFailed, msg
+ # only do this if running under the regression suite
+ raise ImportError, msg
done = 0
for nismap in maps: