Index: distribute-0.6.27/setuptools/tests/test_packageindex.py
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--- distribute-0.6.27.orig/setuptools/tests/test_packageindex.py
+++ distribute-0.6.27/setuptools/tests/test_packageindex.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class TestPackageIndex(unittest.TestCase
             index.open_url(url)
         except distutils.errors.DistutilsError, error:
             # Python 2.7.3
-            self.assert_('getaddrinfo failed' in str(error))
+            self.assert_('getaddrinfo failed' in str(error) or 'Name or service not known' in str(error))
         except httplib.InvalidURL, error:
             # Python 2.7.2 and earlier
             self.assert_('nonnumeric port' in str(error))