diff -up Lib/test/test_commands.py.bug_11946 Lib/test/test_commands.py
--- Lib/test/test_commands.py.bug_11946	2010-11-21 13:34:58.000000000 +0000
+++ Lib/test/test_commands.py	2011-04-28 18:03:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@ class CommandTests(unittest.TestCase):
         #     drwxr-xr-x   15 Joe User My Group     4096 Aug 12 12:50 /
         # Note that the first case above has a space in the group name
         # while the second one has a space in both names.
-        pat = r'''d.........   # It is a directory.
-                  \+?          # It may have ACLs.
-                  \s+\d+       # It has some number of links.
-                  [^/]*        # Skip user, group, size, and date.
-                  /\.          # and end with the name of the file.
+        pat = r'''^.*(\/\.)[\ ]*[\n\r]*$
                '''
 
         with check_warnings((".*commands.getstatus.. is deprecated",