commit 62ec61fb6ad5f1745597017297a455d63a2f97e4
author Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> Tue Jun 07 12:17:15 2011 +0200
committer Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> Tue Jun 07 12:17:15 2011 +0200
tree 5bf0a9f0d0c720191594cf5f366c6604ae05a4bf
parent 5b52f957977f450613c6eafdc9216ae7993d4d49

test.support: can_symlink() removes the temporary symbolic link

Lib/test/support.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/support.py b/Lib/test/support.py
index 2aedf24..b19c698 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support.py
@@ -1487,11 +1487,14 @@
     global _can_symlink
     if _can_symlink is not None:
         return _can_symlink
+    symlink_path = TESTFN + "can_symlink"
     try:
-        os.symlink(TESTFN, TESTFN + "can_symlink")
+        os.symlink(TESTFN, symlink_path)
         can = True
     except (OSError, NotImplementedError):
         can = False
+    else:
+        os.remove(symlink_path)
     _can_symlink = can
     return can