posix_getlogin(): Be more cautious about interpreting a NULL from

                   getlogin() -- it is not clear that a NULL is always
                   an error.

diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 2ddcebc855ef9c4494e93b4781ab0a55d77184dd..4a991f989d84e85c2d3ec08ed08bd9ee3ed1d9a4 100644 (file)
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ posix_getlogin(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
                 posix_error();
             else
                 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError,
-                                "unexpected NULL from getlogin()");
+                                "unable to determine login name");
         }
         else
             result = PyString_FromString(name);