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-rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_socket.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py index ca3c4ff218..11883a8857 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py @@ -220,7 +220,11 @@ class GeneralModuleTests(unittest.TestCase): def testHostnameRes(self): # Testing hostname resolution mechanisms hostname = socket.gethostname() - ip = socket.gethostbyname(hostname) + try: + ip = socket.gethostbyname(hostname) + except socket.error: + # Probably name lookup wasn't set up right; skip this test + return self.assert_(ip.find('.') >= 0, "Error resolving host to ip.") hname, aliases, ipaddrs = socket.gethostbyaddr(ip) all_host_names = [hname] + aliases |