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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_tarfile.py1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index 487f28f622..a086c635ed 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ class MiscReadTest(ReadTest):
data = open(os.path.join(TEMPDIR, "ustar/symtype"), "rb").read()
self.assertEqual(md5sum(data), md5_regtype)
+ @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os,'symlink'), "needs os.symlink")
def test_extractall(self):
# Test if extractall() correctly restores directory permissions
# and times (see issue1735).