Handle ipv6 not being enabled in test_socket

[bbrazil]

BPO	15284
Files	ipv6-disabled-test-socket.patch

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closed_at = <Date 2012-07-08.10:58:09.342>
created_at = <Date 2012-07-07.16:01:43.763>
labels = ['type-bug', 'tests']
title = 'Handle ipv6 not being enabled in test_socket'
updated_at = <Date 2012-07-08.10:58:09.341>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/bbrazil'

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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'closed'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue15284'
versions = ['Python 3.3']

[bbrazil]

If ipv6 is compiled in but disabled in the kernel then test_socket attempts to bind to ports and gets lots of stack traces. The attached patch skips the relevant tests.

[python-dev]

New changeset b71dc2e9e00d by Ross Lagerwall in branch 'default':
bpo-15284: Skip {send,recv}msg tests with disabled IPv6
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b71dc2e9e00d