test_os / test_listdir failed as root-directory changed during test

[MatzeB]

BPO	39986
Nosy	@MatzeB
PRs	bpo-39986: Make test_listdir from test_os more robust #19035

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title = 'test_os / test_listdir failed as root-directory changed during test'
updated_at = <Date 2022-01-15.20:39:51.330>
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[MatzeB]

The test_listdir test from Lib/test/test_os.py is using os.listdir() twice in the root directory with and without parameters and compares the results. I just had the test fail for me, because an unrelated process happened to create a file in the root directory between the two invocations of os.listdir. In my case it was rsyslog creating '/imjournal.state.tmp', but the problem is a general one.

The test failed with:

   ..test test_os failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/matthiasb/dev/fbcpython/Lib/test/test_os.py", line 1914, in test_listdir
    self.assertEqual(set(os.listdir()), set(os.listdir(os.sep)))
AssertionError: Items in the first set but not the second:
'imjournal.state.tmp'