#9424: Replace deprecated assert* methods in the Python test suite.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index 0605139..ff02c69 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@
             tar = tarfile.open(tmpname, "r")
             try:
                 for t in tar:
-                    self.assert_(t.name == "." or t.name.startswith("./"))
+                    self.assertTrue(t.name == "." or t.name.startswith("./"))
             finally:
                 tar.close()
         finally: