bpo-31904: posixpath.expanduser() handles None user home on VxWorks (pythonGH-23530)

pxinwr · adorilson · commit c55135a15cab · 2021-03-10T21:37:39.000-03:00
diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ def expanduser(path):
             # password database, return the path unchanged
             return path
         userhome = pwent.pw_dir
+    # if no user home, return the path unchanged on VxWorks
+    if userhome is None and sys.platform == "vxworks":
+        return path
     if isinstance(path, bytes):
         userhome = os.fsencode(userhome)
         root = b'/'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-27-18-09-59.bpo-31904.g8k43d.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-27-18-09-59.bpo-31904.g8k43d.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:func:`posixpath.expanduser` returns the input *path* unchanged if
+user home directory is None on VxWorks.

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	`1`	+:func:`posixpath.expanduser` returns the input path unchanged if
	`2`	`+user home directory is None on VxWorks.`