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-rw-r--r--Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py15
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py
index 96ec381..0d839b5 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from distutils.command.sdist import sdist
from distutils.core import Distribution
from distutils.tests.test_config import PyPIRCCommandTestCase
from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
-from distutils.spawn import spawn
+from distutils.spawn import find_executable
CURDIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
TEMP_PKG = join(CURDIR, 'temppkg')
@@ -111,15 +111,12 @@ class sdistTestCase(PyPIRCCommandTestCase):
def test_make_distribution(self):
- self._init_tmp_pkg()
+ # check if tar and gzip are installed
+ if (find_executable('tar') is None or
+ find_executable('gzip') is None):
+ return
- # check if tar is installed under win32
- if sys.platform == 'win32':
- try:
- spawn('tar --help')
- except DistutilsExecError:
- # let's return, no need to go further
- return
+ self._init_tmp_pkg()
# now building a sdist
dist = Distribution()