[Python-checkins] r78741 - in python/branches/release31-maint: Lib/test/test_os.py

[benjamin.peterson]

Author: benjamin.peterson
Date: Sat Mar  6 21:37:32 2010
New Revision: 78741

Log:
Merged revisions 78739 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k

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  r78739 | benjamin.peterson | 2010-03-06 14:34:24 -0600 (Sat, 06 Mar 2010) | 10 lines
  
  Merged revisions 78718 via svnmerge from 
  svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk
  
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    r78718 | gregory.p.smith | 2010-03-06 01:35:19 -0600 (Sat, 06 Mar 2010) | 3 lines
    
    Call setreuid and setregid in a subprocess to avoid altering the test runner's
    process state.  Should fix issue8045.
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Modified:
   python/branches/release31-maint/   (props changed)
   python/branches/release31-maint/Lib/test/test_os.py

Modified: python/branches/release31-maint/Lib/test/test_os.py
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release31-maint/Lib/test/test_os.py	(original)
+++ python/branches/release31-maint/Lib/test/test_os.py	Sat Mar  6 21:37:32 2010
@@ -717,7 +717,14 @@
                     self.assertRaises(os.error, os.setreuid, 0, 0)
                 self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setreuid, 1<<32, 0)
                 self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setreuid, 0, 1<<32)
-                os.setreuid(-1, -1)  # Does nothing, but it needs to accept -1
+
+            def test_setreuid_neg1(self):
+                # Needs to accept -1.  We run this in a subprocess to avoid
+                # altering the test runner's process state (issue8045).
+                import subprocess
+                subprocess.check_call([
+                        sys.executable, '-c',
+                        'import os,sys;os.setreuid(-1,-1);sys.exit(0)'])
 
         if hasattr(os, 'setregid'):
             def test_setregid(self):
@@ -725,7 +732,14 @@
                     self.assertRaises(os.error, os.setregid, 0, 0)
                 self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setregid, 1<<32, 0)
                 self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setregid, 0, 1<<32)
-                os.setregid(-1, -1)  # Does nothing, but it needs to accept -1
+
+            def test_setregid_neg1(self):
+                # Needs to accept -1.  We run this in a subprocess to avoid
+                # altering the test runner's process state (issue8045).
+                import subprocess
+                subprocess.check_call([
+                        sys.executable, '-c',
+                        'import os,sys;os.setregid(-1,-1);sys.exit(0)'])
 
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'darwin', "tests don't apply to OS X")
     class Pep383Tests(unittest.TestCase):