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-rw-r--r--Lib/subprocess.py5
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_subprocess.py21
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index d1324b8..4d316e6 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -1401,7 +1401,10 @@ class Popen(object):
elif stderr == PIPE:
errread, errwrite = os.pipe()
elif stderr == STDOUT:
- errwrite = c2pwrite
+ if c2pwrite != -1:
+ errwrite = c2pwrite
+ else: # child's stdout is not set, use parent's stdout
+ errwrite = sys.__stdout__.fileno()
elif stderr == DEVNULL:
errwrite = self._get_devnull()
elif isinstance(stderr, int):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index b5c86f2..9c7aa93 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -504,6 +504,27 @@ class ProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
tf.seek(0)
self.assertStderrEqual(tf.read(), b"strawberry")
+ def test_stderr_redirect_with_no_stdout_redirect(self):
+ # test stderr=STDOUT while stdout=None (not set)
+
+ # - grandchild prints to stderr
+ # - child redirects grandchild's stderr to its stdout
+ # - the parent should get grandchild's stderr in child's stdout
+ p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c",
+ 'import sys, subprocess;'
+ 'rc = subprocess.call([sys.executable, "-c",'
+ ' "import sys;"'
+ ' "sys.stderr.write(\'42\')"],'
+ ' stderr=subprocess.STDOUT);'
+ 'sys.exit(rc)'],
+ stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+ stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+ stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+ #NOTE: stdout should get stderr from grandchild
+ self.assertStderrEqual(stdout, b'42')
+ self.assertStderrEqual(stderr, b'') # should be empty
+ self.assertEqual(p.returncode, 0)
+
def test_stdout_stderr_pipe(self):
# capture stdout and stderr to the same pipe
p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c",
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 199476d..1f4dacc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #22274: In the subprocess module, allow stderr to be redirected to
+ stdout even when stdout is not redirected. Patch by Akira Li.
+
- Issue #25745: Fixed leaking a userptr in curses panel destructor.
- Issue #26977: Removed unnecessary, and ignored, call to sum of squares helper