[issue14238] python shouldn't need username in passwd database

[Nadeem Vawda]

Nadeem Vawda <nadeem.vawda at gmail.com> added the comment:

This looks similar to a sporadic failure on the debian bigmem buildbot:

http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/builders/AMD64%20debian%20bigmem%203.x/builds/168/steps/test/logs/stdio

    ERROR: test_expanduser (test.test_posixpath.PosixPathTest)
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    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/var/tmpfs/martin.vonloewis/3.x.loewis-parallel2/build/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py", line 305, in test_expanduser
        home = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir
    KeyError: 'getpwuid(): uid not found: 5025'

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components: +Library (Lib) -Interpreter Core
keywords: +buildbot
nosy: +loewis, nadeem.vawda
stage:  -> needs patch
type:  -> behavior
versions: +Python 3.3

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