From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:59:23 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Closes #15620: check for presence of readline.clear_history(), which is apparently... 
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Closes #15620: check for presence of readline.clear_history(), which is apparently missing on some readline versions, before calling it in the test.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_readline.py b/Lib/test/test_readline.py
index 5483dd31b805..fe74939026ca 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_readline.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_readline.py
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ class TestHistoryManipulation (unittest.TestCase):
                      "The history update test cannot be run because the "
                      "clear_history method is not available.")
     def testHistoryUpdates(self):
-        readline.clear_history()
+        # Some GNU versions of readline do not support clear_history
+        if hasattr('readline', 'clear_history'):
+            readline.clear_history()
 
         readline.add_history("first line")
         readline.add_history("second line")