--- a/tests/test-http-proxy.t	Sat Oct 05 17:32:26 2024 -0400
+++ b/tests/test-http-proxy.t	Tue Oct 01 21:34:44 2024 -0400
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 misconfigured hosts)
 
   $ http_proxy=localhost:$HGPORT2 hg clone --config http_proxy.always=True http://localhost:$HGPORT/ f
-  abort: error: (Connection refused|Protocol not supported|.* actively refused it|\$EADDRNOTAVAIL\$|No route to host) (re)
+  abort: error: (\$ECONNREFUSED\$|Protocol not supported|.* actively refused it|\$EADDRNOTAVAIL\$|No route to host) (re)
   [100]
 
 do not use the proxy if it is in the no list
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 proxy can't connect to server
 
   $ http_proxy=http://localhost:$HGPORT1/ hg --config http_proxy.always=True clone http://localhost:$HGPORT2/ h
-  abort: HTTP Error 404: Connection refused
+  abort: HTTP Error 404: $ECONNREFUSED$
   [100]
 
   $ cat proxy.log
@@ -118,5 +118,5 @@
   * - - [*] "GET http://localhost:$HGPORT/?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1" - - (glob)
   $LOCALIP - - [$LOGDATE$] "GET http://localhost:$HGPORT/?cmd=batch HTTP/1.1" - - x-hgarg-1:cmds=heads+%3Bknown+nodes%3D x-hgproto-1:0.1 0.2 comp=$USUAL_COMPRESSIONS$ partial-pull (glob)
   $LOCALIP - - [$LOGDATE$] "GET http://localhost:$HGPORT/?cmd=getbundle HTTP/1.1" - - x-hgarg-1:bookmarks=1&$USUAL_BUNDLE_CAPS$&cg=1&common=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000&heads=83180e7845de420a1bb46896fd5fe05294f8d629&listkeys=bookmarks&phases=1 x-hgproto-1:0.1 0.2 comp=$USUAL_COMPRESSIONS$ partial-pull (glob)
-  * - - [*] code 404, message Connection refused (glob)
+  * - - [*] code 404, message $ECONNREFUSED$ (glob)
   $LOCALIP - - [$LOGDATE$] "GET http://localhost:$HGPORT2/?cmd=capabilities HTTP/1.1" 404 - (glob)