I always ignored this test error, but maybe you want to fix this: test test_nis crashed -- nis.error: no such key in map $ ./python Lib/test/test_nis.py nis.maps() group.bygid.tmp mail.aliases n.strack strack Traceback (most recent call last): File "Lib/test/test_nis.py", line 24, in ? if nis.match(k, nismap) != v: nis.error: no such key in map $ I believe this might be some misconfiguration of NIS on thsi host(we use it on other machines, but it should not be enabled on this particular machine). But, when I do "ypcat mail.aliases", I do not see a line with "n.strack strack". Maybe more debug trace would help to find what's going on.
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Logged In: YES user_id=696559 Unfortunately I do not have an access to that machine running Tru64Unix 5.1. I tried to reproduce on Linux i686 with python-2.4.2 with no luck (that means NIS is not set up and the test correctly complains there is no NIS configured): $ ./python Lib/test/test_nis.py nis.maps() Traceback (most recent call last): File "Lib/test/test_nis.py", line 10, in ? raise TestFailed, msg test.test_support.TestFailed: No NIS master found for any map $