It looks like crypt.crypt('', crypt.METHOD_CRYPT) returns None. This method must be excluded from crypt.methods. Attached patch should fix the issue, but I didn't try it on OpenBSD.

Python 3.4-3.6 is affect, Python 2.7 is not affect (crypt.methods was introduced in Python 3).

http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/x86%20OpenBSD%203.5/builds/186/steps/test/logs/stdio

test_saltedcrypt (test.test_crypt.CryptTestCase) ... ERROR

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ERROR: test_saltedcrypt (test.test_crypt.CryptTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/python-builds/3.5.borja-openbsd-x86/build/Lib/test/test_crypt.py", line 23, in test_saltedcrypt
    self.assertEqual(len(pw), method.total_size)
TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()

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New changeset 4da7edbf78d4 by Victor Stinner in branch 'default':
Issue #25287: Don't add crypt.METHOD_CRYPT to crypt.methods if it's not
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4da7edbf78d4

Hum, the test now fails differently :-(

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FAIL: test_methods (test.test_crypt.CryptTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/python-builds/3.x.borja-openbsd-x86/build/Lib/test/test_crypt.py", line 29, in test_methods
    self.assertTrue(len(crypt.methods) >= 1)
AssertionError: False is not true

There is no more OpenBSD buildbot. I have no OpenBSD VM. I just close this old issue.

I have an OpenBSD VM.

issue31664 fixes test_crypt in 3.7. In other versions the test should be just skipped on OpenBSD. Blowfish is the only method supported on OpenBSD, but it was not supported by the Python's crypt module.

New changeset f52dff611cff2fb9e90340b4787eda50ab2d40c6 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '3.6':
bpo-25287: Backport new tests for crypt and skip test_crypt on OpenBSD. (#4111)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f52dff611cff2fb9e90340b4787eda50ab2d40c6

New changeset 04c0a4038e8764f742de8505600b8ee97ee50776 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '2.7':
[2.7] bpo-25287: Backport new tests for crypt and skip test_crypt on OpenBSD. (GH-4111). (#4112)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/04c0a4038e8764f742de8505600b8ee97ee50776

type: behavior
components: + Library (Lib)
versions: + Python 3.7, - Python 3.4, Python 3.5
nosy: + serhiy.storchaka, jafo

messages: + msg303316
resolution: out of date -> (no value)
stage: resolved -> (no value)

stage: resolved