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-rw-r--r--Lib/subprocess.py5
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-08-17-16-01-44.bpo-44935.roUl0G.rst2
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 7a9ab5a..dd1174e 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -660,8 +660,9 @@ def _use_posix_spawn():
# os.posix_spawn() is not available
return False
- if sys.platform == 'darwin':
- # posix_spawn() is a syscall on macOS and properly reports errors
+ if sys.platform in ('darwin', 'sunos5'):
+ # posix_spawn() is a syscall on both macOS and Solaris,
+ # and properly reports errors
return True
# Check libc name and runtime libc version
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-08-17-16-01-44.bpo-44935.roUl0G.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-08-17-16-01-44.bpo-44935.roUl0G.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d41c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-08-17-16-01-44.bpo-44935.roUl0G.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:mod:`subprocess` on Solaris now also uses :func:`os.posix_spawn()` for
+better performance.