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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_zlib.py12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
index 51a9d4bda4..851fbf7cf7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ except ImportError:
class VersionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
def test_library_version(self):
- # On the build system, ZLIB_RUNTIME_VERSION should match ZLIB_VERSION.
- # ZLIB_RUNTIME_VERSION is the actual library version while ZLIB_VERSION
- # is the version from the header file. On the build system, the headers
- # should match with the library exactly. At runtime, only the first
- # digit is required to match.
- self.assertEqual(zlib.ZLIB_RUNTIME_VERSION, zlib.ZLIB_VERSION)
+ # Test that the major version of the actual library in use matches the
+ # major version that we were compiled against. We can't guarantee that
+ # the minor versions will match (even on the machine on which the module
+ # was compiled), and the API is stable between minor versions, so
+ # testing only the major verions avoids spurious failures.
+ self.assertEqual(zlib.ZLIB_RUNTIME_VERSION[0], zlib.ZLIB_VERSION[0])
class ChecksumTestCase(unittest.TestCase):