Index: Lib/test/test_posix.py =================================================================== --- Lib/test/test_posix.py (revision 83969) +++ Lib/test/test_posix.py (working copy) @@ -400,13 +400,7 @@ def test_initgroups(self): # find missing group - groups = sorted(self.saved_groups) - for g1,g2 in zip(groups[:-1], groups[1:]): - g = g1 + 1 - if g < g2: - break - else: - g = g2 + 1 + g = max(self.saved_groups) + 1 name = pwd.getpwuid(posix.getuid()).pw_name posix.initgroups(name, g) self.assertIn(g, posix.getgroups())