--- /dev/null
+From: Andreas Heger <andreas.heger@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:48:21 +0100
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/871083
+Subject: rename helper function to prevent it from being picked
+ up by nose, fixes #541
+
+---
+ tests/linking_test.py | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/tests/linking_test.py
++++ b/tests/linking_test.py
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def check_import(statement):
+ raise
+
+
+-def check_tests_pass(statement):
++def check_pass(statement):
+ try:
+ output = subprocess.check_output(
+ statement, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
+@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class TestLinkWithRpath(TestLinking):
+ package_name = "link_with_rpath"
+
+ def test_package_tests_pass(self):
+- self.assertTrue(check_tests_pass(
++ self.assertTrue(check_pass(
+ "cd {} && python test_module.py".format(os.path.join(self.workdir, "tests"))))
+
+
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class TestLinkWithoutRpath(TestLinking):
+ pysam_libdirs, pysam_libs = zip(*[os.path.split(x) for x in pysam_libraries])
+ pysam_libdir = pysam_libdirs[0]
+
+- self.assertTrue(check_tests_pass(
++ self.assertTrue(check_pass(
+ "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH={}:$PATH && cd {} && python test_module.py".format(
+ pysam_libdir,
+ os.path.join(self.workdir, "tests"))))