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  r87238 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-14 11:20:53 -0500 (Tue, 14 Dec 2010) | 7 lines

  #775964: skip YP/NIS entries instead of failing the test

  Also includes doc updates mentioning that these entries may not
  be retrievable via getgrnam and getgrgid.

  Patch by Bobby Impollonia.
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diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
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@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@
 Fredrik Håård
 Mihai Ibanescu
 Lars Immisch
+Bobby Impollonia
 Meador Inge
 Tony Ingraldi
 John Interrante
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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 Tests
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+- Issue #775964: test_grp now skips YP/NIS entries instead of failing when
+  encountering them.
+
 - Issue #7110: regrtest now sends test failure reports and single-failure
   tracebacks to stderr rather than stdout.