Fix xattr issue on OS X.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/attic/testsuite/archiver.py b/attic/testsuite/archiver.py
index ec3d5857c..876cb1d6a 100644
--- a/attic/testsuite/archiver.py
+++ b/attic/testsuite/archiver.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class ArchiverTestCase(AtticTestCase):
         name = sorted(os.listdir(os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'repository', 'data', '0')), reverse=True)[0]
         fd = open(os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'repository', 'data', '0', name), 'r+')
         fd.seek(100)
-        fd.write('X')
+        fd.write('XXXX')
         fd.close()
         self.attic('verify', self.repository_location + '::test', exit_code=1)
 
diff --git a/attic/xattr.py b/attic/xattr.py
index df49b46a8..e3e2d9aeb 100644
--- a/attic/xattr.py
+++ b/attic/xattr.py
@@ -124,7 +124,12 @@ except ImportError:
                 func = libc.flistxattr
             elif not follow_symlinks:
                 flags = XATTR_NOFOLLOW
-            n = _check(func(path, None, 0, flags), path)
+            try:
+                n = _check(func(path, None, 0, flags), path)
+            except OSError as e:
+                if e.errno == errno.EPERM:
+                    return []
+                raise
             if n == 0:
                 return []
             namebuf = create_string_buffer(n)