The usual...
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_gdb.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_gdb.py
index 22db6aa..030218e 100644
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_gdb.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_gdb.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
import gdbm
from gdbm import error
-from test_support import verbose
+from test_support import verbose, TestFailed
filename= '/tmp/delete_me'
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
g.has_key('a')
g.close()
+try:
+ g['a']
+except error:
+ pass
+else:
+ raise TestFailed, "expected gdbm.error accessing closed database"
g = gdbm.open(filename, 'r')
g.close()
g = gdbm.open(filename, 'rw')