[#2453] Update OS X support.

Problem
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Some testing support code don't work on OSX

Changes
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Update the exceptions.
There were not many changes as OSX is pretty standard unix and we used to suppport OSX in the past.
Update paver.

How to test
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reviewers: @alibotean 

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