Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Windows': 0.02; 'source,': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; '64-bit': 0.07; '32-bit': 0.09; 'friday,': 0.09; 'msg': 0.09; 'msi': 0.09; 'psf,': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:2.7': 0.09; 'subject:Why': 0.09; 'psf': 0.10; 'python': 0.11; 'jan': 0.12; '2.7': 0.14; 'windows': 0.15; 'it."': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'top-level': 0.16; 'version?': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'skip:p 40': 0.19; 'starts': 0.20; 'platforms': 0.22; 'installation': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'directory.': 0.24; 'of.': 0.24; 'tracker': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'installed': 0.27; 'url:bugs': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'file': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'subject:with': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'searching': 0.37; 'version,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'received:71': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'skip:p 20': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'august': 0.61; 'more': 0.64; 'installer': 0.84; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Why is w9xpopen.exe bundled with Python 2.7 on Windows? Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 01:05:20 -0400 References: <92a30936-5fa8-4d00-b674-514422b923ed@googlegroups.com> <86bd480e-18a0-4ee5-a7ab-1f008a367993@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-71-175-90-87.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 In-Reply-To: <86bd480e-18a0-4ee5-a7ab-1f008a367993@googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1409375140 news.xs4all.nl 2942 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42204 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:77314 On 8/29/2014 9:16 PM, ps16thypresenceisfullnessofjoy@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, August 29, 2014 8:54:47 PM UTC-4, Terry Reedy wrote: >> Please be more specific as to python installer source, python >> version, >> >> and location. I do not see it in my 2.7.8 directory installed by >> the psf >> >> .msi installer. > > I'm also using the Python 2.7.8 MSI installer from the PSF, but the > 32-bit version of it. The file is in the top-level Python27 > directory. I just checked, and a 64-bit installation of Python 2.7 > that I have access to doesn't contain w9xpopen.exe. Are you using the > 64-bit version? I don't see the need for it in the 32-bit version > either, unless there's a reason I'm not aware of. The tracker has a search function. Searching all issues for 'w9xpopen' turned up 15 issues including http://bugs.python.org/issue2405 The last msg by (benrg) starts "on Windows 7 32-bit with COMSPEC pointing to command.com, platform.popen('dir').read() works with w9xpopen and fails (no output) without it." http://bugs.python.org/issue14470 In 3.4, we no longer support platforms that set COMSPEC to command.com, hence 'BOOM'. -- Terry Jan Reedy