Fix SF #763362, test_posixpath failed

nnorwitz · nnorwitz · commit 168e73d25e96 · 2003-07-01T03:33:31.000Z
Don't check expanduser('~') if the home directory == the root directory
(ie, we are running as root).
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py b/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py
@@ -338,10 +338,12 @@ def test_expanduser(self):
             pass
         else:
             self.assert_(isinstance(posixpath.expanduser("~/"), basestring))
-            self.assertEqual(
-                posixpath.expanduser("~") + "/",
-                posixpath.expanduser("~/")
-            )
+            # if home directory == root directory, this test makes no sense
+            if posixpath.expanduser("~") != '/':
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    posixpath.expanduser("~") + "/",
+                    posixpath.expanduser("~/")
+                )
             self.assert_(isinstance(posixpath.expanduser("~root/"), basestring))
             self.assert_(isinstance(posixpath.expanduser("~foo/"), basestring))
 
