From a4d58d26a187a73b66253c888ccea048f45fec0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antoine Pitrou Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 19:14:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --- Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py | 8 ++++++++ Misc/NEWS | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py index 8cba2dc7793..1d88331146a 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py @@ -131,6 +131,14 @@ 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 diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 1491862865a..f7d12fc1d01 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ Build 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. + - Issue #8716: Avoid crashes caused by Aqua Tk on OSX when attempting to run test_tk or test_ttk_guionly under a username that is not currently logged in to the console windowserver (as may be the case under buildbot or ssh).