https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/802d405ff1233a48004a7c9b302baa76291514d1
commit: 802d405ff1233a48004a7c9b302baa76291514d1
branch: main
author: Christian Ullrich <ch...@chrullrich.net>
committer: zooba <steve.do...@microsoft.com>
date: 2024-10-29T19:52:52Z
summary:
gh-126084: Fix venvwlauncher.exe to run pythonw.exe (GH-126088)
files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-10-29-09-39-06.gh-issue-126084.3wAL8o.rst
M Lib/test/test_venv.py
M PCbuild/venvwlauncher.vcxproj
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_venv.py b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
index 6b2127bd31e40a..0b09010c69d4ea 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_venv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
@@ -872,6 +872,27 @@ def test_venv_same_path(self):
else:
self.assertFalse(same_path(path1, path2))
+ # gh-126084: venvwlauncher should run pythonw, not python
+ @requireVenvCreate
+ @unittest.skipUnless(os.name == 'nt', 'only relevant on Windows')
+ def test_venvwlauncher(self):
+ """
+ Test that the GUI launcher runs the GUI python.
+ """
+ rmtree(self.env_dir)
+ venv.create(self.env_dir)
+ exename = self.exe
+ # Retain the debug suffix if present
+ if "python" in exename and not "pythonw" in exename:
+ exename = exename.replace("python", "pythonw")
+ envpyw = os.path.join(self.env_dir, self.bindir, exename)
+ try:
+ subprocess.check_call([envpyw, "-c", "import sys; "
+ "assert sys._base_executable.endswith('%s')" % exename])
+ except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+ self.fail("venvwlauncher.exe did not run %s" % exename)
+
+
@requireVenvCreate
class EnsurePipTest(BaseTest):
"""Test venv module installation of pip."""
diff --git
a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-10-29-09-39-06.gh-issue-126084.3wAL8o.rst
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-10-29-09-39-06.gh-issue-126084.3wAL8o.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..319053d95db19e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-10-29-09-39-06.gh-issue-126084.3wAL8o.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix venvwlauncher to launch pythonw instead of python so no extra console
+window is created.
diff --git a/PCbuild/venvwlauncher.vcxproj b/PCbuild/venvwlauncher.vcxproj
index 1b61718201367f..db7128272f06db 100644
--- a/PCbuild/venvwlauncher.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/venvwlauncher.vcxproj
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
<PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
<ItemDefinitionGroup>
<ClCompile>
-
<PreprocessorDefinitions>EXENAME=L"$(PyExeName)$(PyDebugExt).exe";_WINDOWS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+
<PreprocessorDefinitions>EXENAME=L"$(PyWExeName)$(PyDebugExt).exe";_WINDOWS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
<RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
</ClCompile>
<ResourceCompile>
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