This is probably more workaround than an actual fix for the test failure.

See also:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45714276/transplant-class-locals-c-error-in-python

--- nose-1.3.7/functional_tests/doc_tests/test_issue145/imported_tests.rst.orig
+++ nose-1.3.7/functional_tests/doc_tests/test_issue145/imported_tests.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     package1.test_module.TestClass.test_class ... ok
     package1.test_module.test_function ... ok
     package2c setup
-    test (package2c.test_module.TestCase) ... ok
+    test (package2c.test_module.transplant_class.<locals>.C) ... ok
     package2c.test_module.TestClass.test_class ... ok
     package2f setup
     package2f.test_module.test_function ... ok
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     >>> argv = [__file__, '-v', os.path.join(support, 'package2c')]
     >>> run(argv=argv) # doctest: +REPORT_NDIFF
     package2c setup
-    test (package2c.test_module.TestCase) ... ok
+    test (package2c.test_module.transplant_class.<locals>.C) ... ok
     package2c.test_module.TestClass.test_class ... ok
     <BLANKLINE>
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     ...         ':TestCase.test']
     >>> run(argv=argv) # doctest: +REPORT_NDIFF
     package2c setup
-    test (package2c.test_module.TestCase) ... ok
+    test (package2c.test_module.transplant_class.<locals>.C) ... ok
     <BLANKLINE>
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     Ran 1 test in ...s
--- nose-1.3.7/functional_tests/test_load_tests_from_test_case.py.orig
+++ nose-1.3.7/functional_tests/test_load_tests_from_test_case.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
     def runTest(self):
         expect = [
-            'test_value (%s.Derived) ... ERROR' % __name__,
+            'test_value (%s.NoFixturePlug.loadTestsFromTestCase.<locals>.Derived) ... ERROR' % __name__,
             'test_value (tests.Tests) ... ok']
         print str(self.output)
         for line in self.output:
--- nose-1.3.7/unit_tests/test_xunit.py.orig
+++ nose-1.3.7/unit_tests/test_xunit.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
             eq_(tree.attrib['skip'], "0")
 
             tc = tree.find("testcase")
-            eq_(tc.attrib['classname'], "test_xunit.TC")
+            eq_(tc.attrib['classname'], "test_xunit.mktest.<locals>.TC")
             eq_(tc.attrib['name'], "runTest")
             assert time_taken.match(tc.attrib['time']), (
                         'Expected decimal time: %s' % tc.attrib['time'])
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
             eq_(tree.attrib['skip'], "0")
 
             tc = tree.find("testcase")
-            eq_(tc.attrib['classname'], "test_xunit.TC")
+            eq_(tc.attrib['classname'], "test_xunit.mktest.<locals>.TC")
             eq_(tc.attrib['name'], "runTest")
             assert time_taken.match(tc.attrib['time']), (
                         'Expected decimal time: %s' % tc.attrib['time'])
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
             eq_(tree.attrib['skip'], "0")
 
             tc = tree.find("testcase")
-            eq_(tc.attrib['classname'], "test_xunit.TC")
+            eq_(tc.attrib['classname'], "test_xunit.mktest.<locals>.TC")
             eq_(tc.attrib['name'], "runTest")
             assert time_taken.match(tc.attrib['time']), (
                         'Expected decimal time: %s' % tc.attrib['time'])