Index: Lib/test/test_nis.py
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--- Lib/test/test_nis.py	(revision 61572)
+++ Lib/test/test_nis.py	(working copy)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from test.test_support import verbose, run_unittest
+from test import test_support
 import unittest
 import nis
 
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
         try:
             maps = nis.maps()
         except nis.error, msg:
-            # NIS is probably not active, so this test isn't useful
-            if verbose:
-                self.fail("(failing because of verbose mode) %s" % msg)
+            # NIS is probably not active, or installed but not configured
+            if test_support.verbose:
+                print 'Test Skipped:', msg
             return
         try:
             # On some systems, this map is only accessible to the
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                 break
 
 def test_main():
-    run_unittest(NisTests)
+    test_support.run_unittest(NisTests)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()