Fixed #7408: dropped group ownership checking because it relies on os-specific rules

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py
index b8e3dca..20b20aa 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sdist.py
@@ -336,10 +336,13 @@ class SDistTestCase(PyPIRCCommandTestCase):
         # making sure we have the good rights
         archive_name = join(self.tmp_dir, 'dist', 'fake-1.0.tar.gz')
         archive = tarfile.open(archive_name)
+
+        # note that we are not testing the group ownership here
+        # because, depending on the platforms and the container
+        # rights (see #7408)
         try:
             for member in archive.getmembers():
                 self.assertEquals(member.uid, os.getuid())
-                self.assertEquals(member.gid, os.getgid())
         finally:
             archive.close()