[Python-Dev] r84983 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/library/os.rst Lib/test/test_os.py Misc/NEWS Modules/posixmodule.c

[Antoine Pitrou]

The getlogin test fails on many Unix buildbots, either with errno 2
(ENOENT) or 22 (EINVAL) or "OSError: unable to determine login name":

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ERROR: test_getlogin (test.test_os.LoginTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/buildslave/python-trunk/3.x.norwitz-x86/build/Lib/test/test_os.py", line 1208, in test_getlogin
    user_name = os.getlogin()
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

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ERROR: test_getlogin (test.test_os.LoginTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home2/buildbot2/slave/3.x.loewis-parallel/build/Lib/test/test_os.py", line 1208, in test_getlogin
    user_name = os.getlogin()
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument

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ERROR: test_getlogin (test.test_os.LoginTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home2/buildbot/slave/3.x.loewis-sun/build/Lib/test/test_os.py", line 1208, in test_getlogin
    user_name = os.getlogin()
OSError: unable to determine login name




On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:04:14 +0200 (CEST)
brian.curtin <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
> Author: brian.curtin
> Date: Thu Sep 23 22:04:14 2010
> New Revision: 84983
> 
> Log:
> #9808. Implement os.getlogin for Windows, completed by Jon Anglin.
> 
> The test is semi-dumb, it just makes sure something comes back since we
> don't have a solid source to validate the returned login. We can't be 100%
> sure that the USERNAME env var will always match what os.getlogin() returns,
> so we don't make any specific assertion there.