Index: distribute-0.6.28/setuptools/tests/test_packageindex.py
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--- distribute-0.6.28.orig/setuptools/tests/test_packageindex.py
+++ distribute-0.6.28/setuptools/tests/test_packageindex.py
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ class TestPackageIndex(unittest.TestCase
             index.open_url(url)
         except distutils.errors.DistutilsError, error:
             msg = unicode(error)
-            assert 'nonnumeric port' in msg or 'getaddrinfo failed' in msg
+            assert 'nonnumeric port' in msg or 'getaddrinfo failed' in msg\
+                    or 'Name or service not known' in msg
             return
         raise RuntimeError("Did not raise")