diff -up Python-3.2.2/Lib/unittest/case.py.add-rpmbuild-hooks-to-unittest Python-3.2.2/Lib/unittest/case.py
--- Python-3.2.2/Lib/unittest/case.py.add-rpmbuild-hooks-to-unittest	2011-09-03 12:16:44.000000000 -0400
+++ Python-3.2.2/Lib/unittest/case.py	2011-09-09 06:35:16.365568382 -0400
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 import functools
 import difflib
+import os
 import logging
 import pprint
 import re
@@ -101,5 +102,21 @@ def expectedFailure(func):
         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
+
 class _AssertRaisesBaseContext(_BaseTestCaseContext):
 
     def __init__(self, expected, test_case, expected_regex=None):
diff -up Python-3.2.2/Lib/unittest/__init__.py.add-rpmbuild-hooks-to-unittest Python-3.2.2/Lib/unittest/__init__.py
--- Python-3.2.2/Lib/unittest/__init__.py.add-rpmbuild-hooks-to-unittest	2011-09-03 12:16:44.000000000 -0400
+++ Python-3.2.2/Lib/unittest/__init__.py	2011-09-09 06:35:16.366568382 -0400
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ __unittest = True
 
 from .result import TestResult
 from .case import (TestCase, FunctionTestCase, SkipTest, skip, skipIf,
-                   skipUnless, expectedFailure)
+                   skipUnless, expectedFailure,
+                   _skipInRpmBuild)
 from .suite import BaseTestSuite, TestSuite
 from .loader import (TestLoader, defaultTestLoader, makeSuite, getTestCaseNames,
                      findTestCases)
