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| -rw-r--r-- | src/_pytest/tmpdir.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/_pytest/tmpdir.py b/src/_pytest/tmpdir.py index 29c7e19d7..47729ae5f 100644 --- a/src/_pytest/tmpdir.py +++ b/src/_pytest/tmpdir.py @@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ class TempPathFactory: # use a sub-directory in the temproot to speed-up # make_numbered_dir() call rootdir = temproot.joinpath(f"pytest-of-{user}") - rootdir.mkdir(exist_ok=True) + try: + rootdir.mkdir(exist_ok=True) + except OSError: + # getuser() likely returned illegal characters for the platform, use unknown back off mechanism + rootdir = temproot.joinpath("pytest-of-unknown") + rootdir.mkdir(exist_ok=True) basetemp = make_numbered_dir_with_cleanup( prefix="pytest-", root=rootdir, keep=3, lock_timeout=LOCK_TIMEOUT ) |