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gh-76912: Raise OSError from any failure in getpass.getuser() (#29739)

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* bpo-32731: Raise OSError from any failure in getpass.getuser()
Previously, if the username was not set in certain environment variables, ImportError escaped on Windows systems, and it was possible for KeyError to escape on other systems if getpwuid() failed.
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@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ The :mod:`getpass` module provides two functions:
:envvar:`USER`, :envvar:`!LNAME` and :envvar:`USERNAME`, in order, and
returns the value of the first one which is set to a non-empty string. If
none are set, the login name from the password database is returned on
systems which support the :mod:`pwd` module, otherwise, an exception is
raised.
systems which support the :mod:`pwd` module, otherwise, an :exc:`OSError`
is raised.
In general, this function should be preferred over :func:`os.getlogin()`.
.. versionchanged:: 3.13
Previously, various exceptions beyond just :exc:`OSError` were raised.