commit e3bdcf4ffd51a9cf8c066d9f815c3bf650a94dbb
author Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> Thu Apr 28 17:05:55 2011 +0800
committer Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> Thu Apr 28 17:05:55 2011 +0800
tree 0eaa0f1eb7975271660b59c1771c2de37ce04dc8
parent 123932f2370ba4989cd14ba01cd9721fe456c7d3

skip the extractall test on platforms where os.symlink is not available.

Lib/test/test_tarfile.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index 487f28f..a086c63 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
         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).