#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.
This commit is contained in:
R. David Murray 2010-12-14 16:20:53 +00:00
parent a80f4fb048
commit ec07331eea
5 changed files with 20 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -33,12 +33,16 @@ class GroupDatabaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
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)