commit 6626c1f183e537e23cde9af84d4c7f9e235ef1b7
author Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> Tue May 22 16:29:01 2001 +0000
committer Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> Tue May 22 16:29:01 2001 +0000
tree ab09dbdb597224d06addcdd21369d187f07a50a9
parent ffd674d400bb56c2bde1f75b90d2ad2ab880b4a4

create_message():  When os.link() doesn't exist, make a copy of the msg
instead.  Allows this test to finish on Windows again.

Lib/test/test_mailbox.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
index 9858459..b9887ca 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@
         self._msgfiles.append(tmpname)
         fp.write(DUMMY_MESSAGE)
         fp.close()
-        os.link(tmpname, newname)
+        if hasattr(os, "link"):
+            os.link(tmpname, newname)
+        else:
+            fp = open(newname, "w")
+            fp.write(DUMMY_MESSAGE)
+            fp.close()
         self._msgfiles.append(newname)
 
     def test_empty_maildir(self):