[Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #3583: mention that testing whether a bad address not triggering
brett.cannon
python-checkins at python.org
Fri Jan 11 17:18:01 CET 2013
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/acce13a6e728
changeset: 81419:acce13a6e728
user: Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date: Fri Jan 11 11:17:53 2013 -0500
summary:
Issue #3583: mention that testing whether a bad address not triggering
an OSError can mean a bad DNS server and not an actual bug.
files:
Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py | 19 +++++++++----------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py
@@ -121,16 +121,15 @@
else:
# This happens with some overzealous DNS providers such as OpenDNS
self.skipTest("%r should not resolve for test to work" % bogus_domain)
- self.assertRaises(OSError,
- # SF patch 809915: In Sep 2003, VeriSign started
- # highjacking invalid .com and .net addresses to
- # boost traffic to their own site. This test
- # started failing then. One hopes the .invalid
- # domain will be spared to serve its defined
- # purpose.
- # urllib.urlopen, "http://www.sadflkjsasadf.com/")
- urllib.request.urlopen,
- "http://sadflkjsasf.i.nvali.d/")
+ failure_explanation = ('opening an invalid URL did not raise OSError; '
+ 'can be caused by a broken DNS server '
+ '(e.g. returns 404 or hijacks page)')
+ with self.assertRaises(OSError, msg=failure_explanation):
+ # SF patch 809915: In Sep 2003, VeriSign started highjacking
+ # invalid .com and .net addresses to boost traffic to their own
+ # site. This test started failing then. One hopes the .invalid
+ # domain will be spared to serve its defined purpose.
+ urllib.request.urlopen("http://sadflkjsasf.i.nvali.d/")
class urlretrieveNetworkTests(unittest.TestCase):
--
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