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-rw-r--r--Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py17
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py
index 348933e..ea7c592 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_util.py
@@ -214,12 +214,17 @@ class utilTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
# posix without HOME
if os.name == 'posix': # this test won't run on windows
- os.environ = {}
- check_environ()
-
- import pwd
- self.assertEquals(os.environ['HOME'],
- pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[5])
+ old_home = os.environ.get('HOME')
+ try:
+ check_environ()
+ import pwd
+ self.assertEquals(os.environ['HOME'],
+ pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[5])
+ finally:
+ if old_home is not None:
+ os.environ['HOME'] = old_home
+ else:
+ del os.environ['HOME']
else:
check_environ()