Index: pyxattr-0.5.0.ebuild
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-python/pyxattr/pyxattr-0.5.0.ebuild,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -B -u -r1.11 pyxattr-0.5.0.ebuild
--- pyxattr-0.5.0.ebuild	14 Apr 2012 02:49:50 -0000	1.11
+++ pyxattr-0.5.0.ebuild	26 Apr 2012 12:14:04 -0000
@@ -21,3 +21,15 @@
 RDEPEND="sys-apps/attr"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-python/setuptools"
+
+src_test() {
+	touch check-xattr-support
+	if ! attr -s test -V test check-xattr-support >& /dev/null; then
+		einfo "skipping tests because ${WORKDIR} seems to lack xattr support"
+		return
+	fi
+
+	rm check-xattr-support
+
+	distutils_src_test
+}