[ python-Bugs-869197 ] setgroups rejects long integer arguments

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Bugs item #869197, was opened at 2004-01-02 10:38
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Category: Python Library
Group: Feature Request
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Paul Jarc (prjsf)
>Assigned to: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Summary: setgroups rejects long integer arguments

Initial Comment:
os.setgroups ought to accept long integer arguments,
just as os.setgid does.  I think this worked in an
earlier version of Python - or maybe it was that
string.atol used to return a non-long integer if the
number was small enough, so I didn't encounter long
integers at all.

>>> import os
>>> os.setgid(1L)
>>> os.setgroups((1L,))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: groups must be integers
>>> import sys
>>> print sys.version
2.3.3 (#1, Dec 30 2003, 22:52:56) 
[GCC 3.2.3]


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>Comment By: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld)
Date: 2005-09-29 22:36

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Attaching patch against CVS head. Please review.

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