commit 6e54f579a68c1c8e567a49464afda8599a03b7a7
author Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> Tue Mar 18 13:30:14 2003 +0000
committer Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> Tue Mar 18 13:30:14 2003 +0000
tree bc0439bdaa78d473f793e85c7aa33d9ebb546827
parent 6613fb8412ce9551875c200af77d4c41f6911772

Fix SF bug #697556, test_posix fails: getlogin

getlogin() can fail for too many reasons, so remove the test

Lib/test/test_posix.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
index feb033d..5a0028c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@
                              "getegid", "geteuid", "getgid", "getgroups",
                              "getpid", "getpgrp", "getppid", "getuid",
                            ]
-        # getlogin() only works when run from a tty (terminal)
-        try:
-            if os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno()):
-                NO_ARG_FUNCTIONS.append("getlogin")
-        except:
-            pass
 
         for name in NO_ARG_FUNCTIONS:
             posix_func = getattr(posix, name, None)