diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 95320a64cd..cec27ae47d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu Dec  4 14:09:24 2003  Minero Aoki  <aamine@loveruby.net>
+
+	* test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb (test_cp): test if the error is
+	  kind of SystemCallError.  It is needless details that which errno
+	  is set on each systems.
+
 Thu Dec  4 13:24:13 2003  Shugo Maeda  <shugo@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/monitor.rb: use Object#__send__ instead of Object#send.
diff --git a/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb b/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb
index c2a9be6e3a..0d388a4a5f 100644
--- a/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb
+++ b/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@ def have_hardlink?
   HAVE_HARDLINK
 end
 
-case RUBY_PLATFORM
-when /openbsd/, /freebsd/
-  ErrorOnLoopedSymlink = Errno::ELOOP
-when /linux/, /netbsd/, /cygwin/,    // # FIXME
-  ErrorOnLoopedSymlink = Errno::EEXIST
-end
-
 class TestFileUtils < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   include FileUtils
@@ -412,9 +405,11 @@ if have_symlink?
     }
     # src==dest (3) looped symlink
     File.symlink 'cptmp_symlink', 'tmp/cptmp_symlink'
-    assert_raises(ErrorOnLoopedSymlink) {
+    begin
       ln 'tmp/cptmp_symlink', 'tmp/cptmp_symlink'
-    }
+    rescue => err
+      assert_kind_of SystemCallError, err
+    end
 end
 
     # pathname