#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.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_grp.py b/Lib/test/test_grp.py
index dafd905..04a8af6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_grp.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_grp.py
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@
e2 = grp.getgrgid(e.gr_gid)
self.check_value(e2)
self.assertEqual(e2.gr_gid, e.gr_gid)
- e2 = grp.getgrnam(e.gr_name)
+ name = e.gr_name
+ if name.startswith('+') or name.startswith('-'):
+ # NIS-related entry
+ continue
+ e2 = grp.getgrnam(name)
self.check_value(e2)
# There are instances where getgrall() returns group names in
# lowercase while getgrgid() returns proper casing.
# Discovered on Ubuntu 5.04 (custom).
- self.assertEqual(e2.gr_name.lower(), e.gr_name.lower())
+ self.assertEqual(e2.gr_name.lower(), name.lower())
def test_errors(self):
self.assertRaises(TypeError, grp.getgrgid)