diff -up Python-2.7/Lib/test/test_commands.py.gnu-ls-output Python-2.7/Lib/test/test_commands.py --- Python-2.7/Lib/test/test_commands.py.gnu-ls-output 2010-08-17 11:31:35.714913918 -0400 +++ Python-2.7/Lib/test/test_commands.py 2010-08-17 11:37:08.913911808 -0400 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class CommandTests(unittest.TestCase): # 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. + [.+@]? # It may have alt access (SELinux, ACLs or metadata ('@' OS X). \s+\d+ # It has some number of links. [^/]* # Skip user, group, size, and date. /\. # and end with the name of the file.