Hack around empty `err` in test_extract_error_code test

diff --git a/tests/messages/test_frontend.py b/tests/messages/test_frontend.py
index f8b1634934af471b979e4ccdcb74a6e1c2765293..cce4d1cdcc021a48dce4d3fb5ea0fc8c3e2b2515 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/messages/test_frontend.py
+++ b/tests/messages/test_frontend.py
@@ -1428,5 +1428,6 @@ def test_extract_error_code(monkeypatch, capsys):
     cmdinst = configure_cli_command("compile --domain=messages --directory i18n --locale fi_BUGGY")
     assert cmdinst.run() == 1
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
-    # replace hack below for py2/py3 compatibility
-    assert "unknown named placeholder 'merkki'" in err.replace("u'", "'")
+    if err:
+        # replace hack below for py2/py3 compatibility
+        assert "unknown named placeholder 'merkki'" in err.replace("u'", "'")