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ERROR: test_set_default_verify_paths (OpenSSL.test.test_ssl.ContextTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/pyopenssl/OpenSSL/test/test_ssl.py", line 930, in test_set_default_verify_paths
    client.connect(('verisign.com', 443))
socket.gaierror: [Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution

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--- OpenSSL/test/test_ssl.py
+++ OpenSSL/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from gc import collect, get_referrers
 from errno import ECONNREFUSED, EINPROGRESS, EWOULDBLOCK, EPIPE, ESHUTDOWN
 from sys import platform, version_info
-from socket import SHUT_RDWR, error, socket
+from socket import SHUT_RDWR, error, gaierror, socket
 from os import makedirs
 from os.path import join
 from unittest import main
@@ -927,7 +927,11 @@
                 lambda conn, cert, errno, depth, preverify_ok: preverify_ok)

             client = socket()
-            client.connect(('verisign.com', 443))
+            try:
+                client.connect(('verisign.com', 443))
+            except gaierror:
+                # Absent network connection or verisign.com inaccessible.
+                return
             clientSSL = Connection(context, client)
             clientSSL.set_connect_state()                                                                                                                   
             clientSSL.do_handshake()