Added test for regression on SourceForge bug #117490.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
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+import mailbox
+import os
+import test_support
+
+# create a new maildir mailbox to work with:
+curdir = os.path.join(test_support.TESTFN, "cur")
+newdir = os.path.join(test_support.TESTFN, "new")
+try:
+ os.mkdir(test_support.TESTFN)
+ os.mkdir(curdir)
+ os.mkdir(newdir)
+
+ # Test for regression on bug #117490:
+ # http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=117490&group_id=5470
+ # Make sure the boxes attribute actually gets set.
+ mbox = mailbox.Maildir(test_support.TESTFN)
+ mbox.boxes
+ print "newly created maildir contains", len(mbox.boxes), "messages"
+
+ # XXX We still need more tests!
+
+finally:
+ try: os.rmdir(newdir)
+ except IOError: pass
+ try: os.rmdir(curdir)
+ except IOError: pass
+ try: os.rmdir(test_support.TESTFN)
+ except IOError: pass