More robust way of choosing a non-existant uid (faster, too).

1997-05-20 19:31:25 +00:00 · 1997-05-20 19:31:25 +00:00 · 6308d510e9
parent 037b2205e8
commit 6308d510e9
1 changed files with 4 additions and 4 deletions
--- a/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ except KeyError:
 else:
    print 'fakename', fakename, 'did not except pwd.getpwnam()'

-uids = byuids.keys()
-uids.sort()
-uids.reverse()
-fakeuid = uids[0] + 1
+# Choose a non-existant uid.
+fakeuid = 4127
+while byuids.has_key(fakeuid):
+    print 'fakeuid =', fakeuid

 try:
    pwd.getpwuid(fakeuid)