commit 6308d510e954ad1076b579d91e42874de6a0bcde
author Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> Tue May 20 19:31:25 1997 +0000
committer Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> Tue May 20 19:31:25 1997 +0000
tree 82489c3ffef92f919a1ff266ca13620c99874e80
parent 037b2205e87e988063cd274fd20274b1848afc0e

More robust way of choosing a non-existant uid (faster, too).

Lib/test/test_pwd.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pwd.py b/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
index 1c2208d..2fc8da8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@
 else:
     print 'fakename', fakename, 'did not except pwd.getpwnam()'
 
-uids = byuids.keys()
-uids.sort()
-uids.reverse()
-fakeuid = uids[0] + 1
+# Choose a non-existant uid.
+fakeuid = 4127
+while byuids.has_key(fakeuid):
+    print 'fakeuid =', fakeuid
 
 try:
     pwd.getpwuid(fakeuid)