#14807: fix bb failure due to symlink test relying on hard-coded permissions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_stat.py b/Lib/test/test_stat.py
index f22d865..283e847 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_stat.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_stat.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
@unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'symlink'), 'os.symlink not available')
def test_link(self):
os.symlink(os.getcwd(), TESTFN)
- self.assertEqual(get_mode(), 'lrwxrwxrwx')
+ self.assertEqual(get_mode()[0], 'l')
@unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, 'mkfifo'), 'os.mkfifo not available')
def test_fifo(self):