Fix the test so that it works even when /etc/group has two entries
for the same gid.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_grp.py b/Lib/test/test_grp.py
index 85a52c1..f27ef8c 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_grp.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_grp.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
def test_values(self):
entries = grp.getgrall()
+ entriesbygid = {}
for e in entries:
self.assertEqual(len(e), 4)
@@ -22,7 +23,17 @@
self.assert_(isinstance(e.gr_mem, list))
self.assertEqual(grp.getgrnam(e.gr_name), e)
- self.assertEqual(grp.getgrgid(e.gr_gid), e)
+ # The following won't work, because of duplicate entries
+ # for one gid
+ # self.assertEqual(grp.getgrgid(e.gr_gid), e)
+ # instead of this collect all entries for one uid
+ # and check afterwards
+ entriesbygid.setdefault(e.gr_gid, []).append(e)
+
+ # check whether the entry returned by getgrgid()
+ # for each uid is among those from getgrall() for this uid
+ for e in entries:
+ self.assert_(grp.getgrgid(e.gr_gid) in entriesbygid[e.gr_gid])
def test_errors(self):
self.assertRaises(TypeError, grp.getgrgid)