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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_mailbox.py4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
index aeabdbb2b5..2ba944335a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
@@ -2137,9 +2137,9 @@ class MaildirTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
if mbox:
fp.write(FROM_)
fp.write(DUMMY_MESSAGE)
- if hasattr(os, "link"):
+ try:
os.link(tmpname, newname)
- else:
+ except (AttributeError, PermissionError):
with open(newname, "w") as fp:
fp.write(DUMMY_MESSAGE)
self._msgfiles.append(newname)