commit 243c1a28a8dc09969c63ea2b1adde80df7e284b5
Author: Philippe Makowski <pmakowski@espelida.com>
Date:   Sun Jul 3 16:40:24 2016 +0200

    add-rpmbuild-hooks-to-unittest

diff --git a/Lib/unittest/__init__.py b/Lib/unittest/__init__.py
index 7f61a80..5ab6e33 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/__init__.py
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ __unittest = True
 
 from .result import TestResult
 from .case import (TestCase, FunctionTestCase, SkipTest, skip, skipIf,
-                   skipUnless, expectedFailure)
+                   skipUnless, expectedFailure,
+                   _skipInRpmBuild, _expectedFailureInRpmBuild)
 from .suite import BaseTestSuite, TestSuite
 from .loader import (TestLoader, defaultTestLoader, makeSuite, getTestCaseNames,
                      findTestCases)
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/case.py b/Lib/unittest/case.py
index 524a7b1..2ec6b35 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 import functools
 import difflib
+import os
 import logging
 import pprint
 import re
@@ -133,6 +134,43 @@ class _BaseTestCaseContext:
         msg = self.test_case._formatMessage(self.msg, standardMsg)
         raise self.test_case.failureException(msg)
 
+# Non-standard/downstream-only hooks for handling issues with specific test
+# cases:
+
+def _skipInRpmBuild(reason):
+    """
+    Non-standard/downstream-only decorator for marking a specific unit test
+    to be skipped when run within the %check of an rpmbuild.
+
+    Specifically, this takes effect when WITHIN_PYTHON_RPM_BUILD is set within
+    the environment, and has no effect otherwise.
+    """
+    if 'WITHIN_PYTHON_RPM_BUILD' in os.environ:
+        return skip(reason)
+    else:
+        return _id
+
+def _expectedFailureInRpmBuild(func):
+    """
+    Non-standard/downstream-only decorator for marking a specific unit test
+    as expected to fail within the %check of an rpmbuild.
+
+    Specifically, this takes effect when WITHIN_PYTHON_RPM_BUILD is set within
+    the environment, and has no effect otherwise.
+    """
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        if 'WITHIN_PYTHON_RPM_BUILD' in os.environ:
+            try:
+                func(*args, **kwargs)
+            except Exception:
+                raise _ExpectedFailure(sys.exc_info())
+            raise _UnexpectedSuccess
+        else:
+            # Call directly:
+            func(*args, **kwargs)
+    return wrapper
+
 class _AssertRaisesBaseContext(_BaseTestCaseContext):
 
     def __init__(self, expected, test_case, expected_regex=None):