2013/7/28 Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net>: >> (B) Should subprocess make the file descriptors of pass_fds >> inheritable? If yes, should it be done before or after the fork? If it >> is done after the fork and before exec, it only affects the child >> process, at least on Linux (the file descriptor is still >> non-inheritable in the parent process). > > If it is done, it should definitely be done after the fork, IMO. > subprocess shouldn't have any long-lasting effects on the process.
I modified the subprocess module to make fds of pass_fds inheritable. http://hg.python.org/features/pep-446/rev/75e5d34898aa If we don't do that, it will probably break all applications using pass_fds (and so the backward compatibility). Victor _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
