commit e63544f872c4d1af8e76b42b32db79eef12c8902
author Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> Wed Dec 06 21:45:33 2000 +0000
committer Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> Wed Dec 06 21:45:33 2000 +0000
tree 112d77c8571d50cf4cb138a1e37715d846116587
parent a30680b24035c972621c92394cb2b21cabbea6a5

posix_getlogin():  Be more cautious about interpreting a NULL from
                   getlogin() -- it is not clear that a NULL is always
                   an error.

Modules/posixmodule.c

diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 2ddcebc..4a991f9 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@
                 posix_error();
             else
                 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError,
-                                "unexpected NULL from getlogin()");
+                                "unable to determine login name");
         }
         else
             result = PyString_FromString(name);