--- /dev/null
+diff -up Python-2.7.2/Lib/test/test_gc.py.fix-test_gc_with_COUNT_ALLOCS Python-2.7.2/Lib/test/test_gc.py
+--- Python-2.7.2/Lib/test/test_gc.py.fix-test_gc_with_COUNT_ALLOCS 2011-09-08 19:49:13.045924309 -0400
++++ Python-2.7.2/Lib/test/test_gc.py 2011-09-08 19:50:07.035920617 -0400
+@@ -102,11 +102,17 @@ class GCTests(unittest.TestCase):
+ del a
+ self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
+ del B, C
+- self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
++ if hasattr(sys, 'getcounts'):
++ self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
++ else:
++ self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
+ A.a = A()
+ del A
+- self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
+- self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
++ if hasattr(sys, 'getcounts'):
++ self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
++ else:
++ self.assertNotEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
++ self.assertEqual(gc.collect(), 0)
+
+ def test_method(self):
+ # Tricky: self.__init__ is a bound method, it references the instance.