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-rw-r--r--Lib/posixpath.py3
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-27-18-09-59.bpo-31904.g8k43d.rst2
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diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index ecb4e5a8f7..62afbd0ccf 100644
--- 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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a687d1eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ 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.