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

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pwd.py b/Lib/test/test_pwd.py
index 1c2208d2e0345c9c0c453d0e04a919db2cbf2358..2fc8da8a593df7bdf8df2484e3a1d1907a58133a 100644 (file)
--- 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)