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diff --git a/Lib/test/support.py b/Lib/test/support.py
index 3f60d5597d..b03069c40e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support.py
@@ -291,6 +291,14 @@ def requires(resource, msg=None):
msg = "Use of the `%s' resource not enabled" % resource
raise ResourceDenied(msg)
+def linux_version():
+ try:
+ # platform.release() is something like '2.6.33.7-desktop-2mnb'
+ version_string = platform.release().split('-')[0]
+ return tuple(map(int, version_string.split('.')))
+ except ValueError:
+ return 0, 0, 0
+
HOST = 'localhost'
def find_unused_port(family=socket.AF_INET, socktype=socket.SOCK_STREAM):