an AttributeError is perfectly acceptable here

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index a60107baa050865afc47eb38be2358ef0c4c3212..de1d06ea136d9edf76010176ad1a3db5d448136e 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class StatAttributeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         try:
             result.st_mode = 1
             self.fail("No exception thrown")
-        except TypeError:
+        except (AttributeError, TypeError):
             pass
 
         try: