Issue 19384: Fix test_py_compile for root user, patch by Claudiu Popa.

tiran · tiran · commit 349b04e902ff · 2013-10-25T09:21:51.000+02:00
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_py_compile.py b/Lib/test/test_py_compile.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import py_compile
 import shutil
 import stat
+import sys
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ def test_relative_path(self):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(self.pyc_path))
         self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(self.cache_path))
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(hasattr(os, 'geteuid') and os.geteuid() == 0,
+                     'non-root user required')
     @unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt',
                      'cannot control directory permissions on Windows')
     def test_exceptions_propagate(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ Library
 
 - Issue #17087: Improved the repr for regular expression match objects.
 
+Tests
+-----
+
+- Issue 19384: Fix test_py_compile for root user, patch by Claudiu Popa.
+
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