Issue #16698: Skip posix test_getgroups when built with OS X
deployment target prior to 10.6.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
index b936dda..06ad5c8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -447,6 +447,13 @@
if ret != None or not groups:
raise unittest.SkipTest("need working 'id -G'")
+ # Issues 16698: OS X ABIs prior to 10.6 have limits on getgroups()
+ if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+ import sysconfig
+ dt = sysconfig.get_config_var('MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET') or '10.0'
+ if float(dt) < 10.6:
+ raise unittest.SkipTest("getgroups(2) is broken prior to 10.6")
+
# 'id -G' and 'os.getgroups()' should return the same
# groups, ignoring order and duplicates.
# #10822 - it is implementation defined whether posix.getgroups()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d23ab20..382cd7f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -908,6 +908,9 @@
- Issue #14589: Update certificate chain for sha256.tbs-internet.com, fixing
a test failure in test_ssl.
+- Issue #16698: Skip posix test_getgroups when built with OS X
+ deployment target prior to 10.6.
+
Build
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