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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_subprocess.py | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-04-23-03-01.bpo-39855.Ql5xv8.rst | 3 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py index 2bbdbae..1cebf6b 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py @@ -1791,7 +1791,12 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase): name_uid = "nobody" if sys.platform != 'darwin' else "unknown" if pwd is not None: - test_users.append(name_uid) + try: + pwd.getpwnam(name_uid) + test_users.append(name_uid) + except KeyError: + # unknown user name + name_uid = None for user in test_users: # posix_spawn() may be used with close_fds=False @@ -1819,7 +1824,7 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase): with self.assertRaises(ValueError): subprocess.check_call(ZERO_RETURN_CMD, user=-1) - if pwd is None: + if pwd is None and name_uid is not None: with self.assertRaises(ValueError): subprocess.check_call(ZERO_RETURN_CMD, user=name_uid) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-04-23-03-01.bpo-39855.Ql5xv8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-04-23-03-01.bpo-39855.Ql5xv8.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0601241 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-04-23-03-01.bpo-39855.Ql5xv8.rst @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +test_subprocess.test_user() now skips the test on an user name if the user +name doesn't exist. For example, skip the test if the user "nobody" doesn't +exist on Linux. |