Index: Lib/test/test_xmlrpc_net.py
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--- Lib/test/test_xmlrpc_net.py	(revision 74113)
+++ Lib/test/test_xmlrpc_net.py	(working copy)
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
         try:
             t0 = server.currentTime.getCurrentTime()
         except socket.error as e:
-            print("    test_current_time: skipping test, got error: %s" % e,
-                  file=sys.stderr)
-            return
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("got network error: {}".format(e))
 
         # Perform a minimal sanity check on the result, just to be sure
         # the request means what we think it means.
@@ -35,7 +33,19 @@
         # time on the server should not be too big.
         self.assertTrue(delta.days <= 1)
 
+    def test_get_state(self):
+        # Run an XMLRPC example at userland.com.  This code also exercises
+        # the minimal HTTP functionality in xmlrpclib, and may work
+        # if time.xmlrpc.com is not available (which is/was also hosted
+        # by userland).
+        server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://betty.userland.com/RPC2")                                                                                                                                                      
+        try:
+            state = server.examples.getStateName(40)
+        except socket.error as e:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("got network error: {}".format(e))
+        self.assertEqual(state, 'South Carolina')
 
+
 def test_main():
     support.requires("network")
     support.run_unittest(CurrentTimeTest)