I'm *assuming* this is a Mac OS X issue. (10.6.2)

./python.exe Lib/test/test_pep277.py
test_directory (__main__.UnicodeFileTests) ... ok
test_failures (__main__.UnicodeFileTests) ... ok
test_listdir (__main__.UnicodeFileTests) ... FAIL
test_open (__main__.UnicodeFileTests) ... ok
test_rename (__main__.UnicodeFileTests) ... ok

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FAIL: test_listdir (__main__.UnicodeFileTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Lib/test/test_pep277.py", line 92, in test_listdir
    self.assertEqual(sf2, set(self.files))
AssertionError: Items in the first set but not the second:
u'@test_969_tmp/\u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u0301-\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2'
u'@test_969_tmp/Gru\u0308\xdf-Gott'
u'@test_969_tmp/\u0417\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u0438\u0306\u0442\u0435'
u'@test_969_tmp/\u306b\u307b\u309a\u3093'
Items in the second set but not the first:
u'@test_969_tmp/\u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03ac-\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2'
u'@test_969_tmp/\u0417\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u0439\u0442\u0435'
u'@test_969_tmp/Gr\xfc\xdf-Gott'
u'@test_969_tmp/\u306b\u307d\u3093'

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Ran 5 tests in 0.021s

FAILED (failures=1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Lib/test/test_pep277.py", line 120, in <module>
    test_main()
  File "Lib/test/test_pep277.py", line 115, in test_main
    test_support.run_unittest(UnicodeFileTests)
  File "/compile/python-back/Lib/test/test_support.py", line 1031, in run_unittest
    _run_suite(suite)
  File "/compile/python-back/Lib/test/test_support.py", line 1014, in _run_suite
    raise TestFailed(err)
test.test_support.TestFailed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Lib/test/test_pep277.py", line 92, in test_listdir
    self.assertEqual(sf2, set(self.files))
AssertionError: Items in the first set but not the second:
u'@test_969_tmp/\u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u0301-\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2'
u'@test_969_tmp/Gru\u0308\xdf-Gott'
u'@test_969_tmp/\u0417\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u0438\u0306\u0442\u0435'
u'@test_969_tmp/\u306b\u307b\u309a\u3093'
Items in the second set but not the first:
u'@test_969_tmp/\u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03ac-\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2'
u'@test_969_tmp/\u0417\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u0439\u0442\u0435'
u'@test_969_tmp/Gr\xfc\xdf-Gott'
u'@test_969_tmp/\u306b\u307d\u3093'