PosixPathTest.test_expanduser fails in NixOS build sandbox

[andersk]

BPO	32601
Nosy	@pitrou, @andersk, @serhiy-storchaka, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-32601: Skip PosixPathTest.test_expanduser if no other user is found #5246 [3.7] bpo-32601: Let test_expanduser use the same user if no others found. (GH-5246) #6792 [3.6] bpo-32601: Let test_expanduser use the same user if no others found. (GH-5246) #6793

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labels = ['3.7', '3.8', 'type-bug', 'tests']
title = 'PosixPathTest.test_expanduser fails in NixOS build sandbox'
updated_at = <Date 2018-05-14.14:48:18.485>
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[andersk]

PosixPathTest.test_expanduser fails in the NixOS build sandbox, where every user has home directory /, so it falls off the end of the for pwdent in pwd.getpwall() loop.

nixbld:x:30001:30000:Nix build user:/:/noshell
nobody:x:65534:65534:Nobody:/:/noshell

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FAIL: test_expanduser (main.PosixPathTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/nix/store/mdak9gcy16dc536ws08rshyakd1l7srj-test_pathlib.py", line 2162, in test_expanduser
    self.assertEqual(p3.expanduser(), P(otherhome) / 'Documents')
AssertionError: PosixPath('/Documents') != PosixPath('Documents')

[serhiy-storchaka]

New changeset 5c0d462 by Serhiy Storchaka (Anders Kaseorg) in branch 'master':
bpo-32601: Let test_expanduser use the same user if no others found. (GH-5246)
5c0d462

[miss-islington]

New changeset 2e01f7d by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7':
bpo-32601: Let test_expanduser use the same user if no others found. (GH-5246)
2e01f7d

[miss-islington]

New changeset 48fdbbf by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.6':
bpo-32601: Let test_expanduser use the same user if no others found. (GH-5246)
48fdbbf