#17448: Make test_sax skip if there are no xml parsers.
Patch by Rafael Santos.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sax.py b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
index bfa7d72..3efd972 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
from xml.sax import make_parser, ContentHandler, \
SAXException, SAXReaderNotAvailable, SAXParseException
+import unittest
try:
make_parser()
except SAXReaderNotAvailable:
# don't try to test this module if we cannot create a parser
- raise ImportError("no XML parsers available")
+ raise unittest.SkipTest("no XML parsers available")
from xml.sax.saxutils import XMLGenerator, escape, unescape, quoteattr, \
XMLFilterBase
from xml.sax.expatreader import create_parser
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@
import shutil
from test import support
from test.support import findfile, run_unittest
-import unittest
TEST_XMLFILE = findfile("test.xml", subdir="xmltestdata")
TEST_XMLFILE_OUT = findfile("test.xml.out", subdir="xmltestdata")
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index d8533c4..b5c8059 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -947,6 +947,7 @@
Kevin Samborn
Adrian Sampson
Ilya Sandler
+Rafael Santos
Mark Sapiro
Ty Sarna
Hugh Sasse
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c9c854d..af22318 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -967,6 +967,9 @@
Tests
-----
+- Issue #17448: test_sax now skips if there are no xml parsers available
+ instead of raising an ImportError.
+
- Issue #11420: make test suite pass with -B/DONTWRITEBYTECODE set.
Initial patch by Thomas Wouters.