Re: [Python-Dev] Issue 13524: subprocess on Windows

2012-03-23 Thread Brad Allen
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Glyph gl...@twistedmatrix.com wrote: On Mar 23, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Brad Allen wrote: Thanks, Glyph. In that case maybe the Python subprocess docs need not single out SystemRoot, but instead plaster a big warning around the use of the 'env' parameter. I agree

Re: [Python-Dev] Issue 13524: subprocess on Windows

2012-03-21 Thread Brad Allen
I tripped over this one trying to make one of our Python at work Windows compatible. We had no idea that a magic 'SystemRoot' environment variable would be required, and it was causing issues for pyzmq. It might be nice to reflect the findings of this email thread on the subprocess documentation