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Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights

Date 2011-10-24 15:18 +0100
From Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk>
Subject Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights
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On 24/10/2011 14:18, Tim Golden wrote:
I ran this (on Python 2.7 on Win7):
>
> <code>
> import os
>
> os.spawnl (os.P_NOWAIT, r"c:\windows\notepad.exe")
>
> </code>
>
> and Python crashed hard! Long time since I've seen that happen.
>
> This may or may not be related to what you're seeing but it's
> definitely a problem. I'll check the bugs database and/or
> file a bug.
>
> I *can* reproduce your problem running Python22 on Win7. Now,
> no-one's going to be applying patches to Python 2.2 at this
> stage: in the 2.x series, only 2.7 is getting anything other
> than urgent security fixes. And even 2.7's only getting clear
> bugfixes. Just so you know.

OK; the python 2.7 issues is http://bugs.python.org/issue8036

Let's see if I can get a fix in before the next release!

Not quite sure whether the 2.2 issue is the same but it's
looking like being a W7 / CRT-related issue. I'll keep
looking

TJG

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spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Propad <npropadovic@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-24 05:43 -0700
  Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2011-10-24 14:18 +0100
    Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Propad <npropadovic@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-24 06:47 -0700
      Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-10-24 18:16 -0400
  Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2011-10-24 15:18 +0100
  Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-10-24 18:14 -0400
  Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2011-10-24 17:21 -0700
    Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Propad <npropadovic@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-25 00:01 -0700
      Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2011-10-25 13:19 +0100
      Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-10-25 21:11 -0400
      Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2011-10-26 15:38 +0100
      Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-10-26 15:20 -0400
        Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Propad <npropadovic@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-27 03:27 -0700
          Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2011-10-27 11:36 +0100
          Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-10-27 15:53 -0400
          Re: spawnl issues with Win 7 access rights Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2011-10-28 09:22 +0100

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