Fix the test so that it works even when /etc/passwd has two entries
for the same uid.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pwd.py b/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
index 78f9a69..6cc52d7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
def test_values(self):
entries = pwd.getpwall()
+ entriesbyuid = {}
for e in entries:
self.assertEqual(len(e), 7)
@@ -26,7 +27,17 @@
self.assert_(isinstance(e.pw_shell, basestring))
self.assertEqual(pwd.getpwnam(e.pw_name), e)
- self.assertEqual(pwd.getpwuid(e.pw_uid), e)
+ # The following won't work, because of duplicate entries
+ # for one uid
+ # self.assertEqual(pwd.getpwuid(e.pw_uid), e)
+ # instead of this collect all entries for one uid
+ # and check afterwards
+ entriesbyuid.setdefault(e.pw_uid, []).append(e)
+
+ # check whether the entry returned by getpwuid()
+ # for each uid is among those from getpwall() for this uid
+ for e in entries:
+ self.assert_(pwd.getpwuid(e.pw_uid) in entriesbyuid[e.pw_uid])
def test_errors(self):
self.assertRaises(TypeError, pwd.getpwuid)