diff --git a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py index da4602f8258c..02687b07427d 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py @@ -107,24 +107,19 @@ def tearDown(self): self.sock.close() def testConnectTimeout(self): - # If we are too close to www.python.org, this test will fail. - # Pick a host that should be farther away. - if (socket.getfqdn().split('.')[-2:] == ['python', 'org'] or - socket.getfqdn().split('.')[-2:-1] == ['xs4all']): - self.addr_remote = ('tut.fi', 80) - - # Lookup the IP address to avoid including the DNS lookup time + # Choose a private address that is unlikely to exist to prevent + # failures due to the connect succeeding before the timeout. + # Use a dotted IP address to avoid including the DNS lookup time # with the connect time. This avoids failing the assertion that # the timeout occurred fast enough. - self.addr_remote = (socket.gethostbyname(self.addr_remote[0]), 80) + addr = ('10.0.0.0', 12345) # Test connect() timeout _timeout = 0.001 self.sock.settimeout(_timeout) _t1 = time.time() - self.failUnlessRaises(socket.error, self.sock.connect, - self.addr_remote) + self.failUnlessRaises(socket.error, self.sock.connect, addr) _t2 = time.time() _delta = abs(_t1 - _t2)