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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/test/script_helper.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/script_helper.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/script_helper.py b/Lib/test/script_helper.py index af0545b..5559349 100644 --- a/Lib/test/script_helper.py +++ b/Lib/test/script_helper.py @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def assert_python_failure(*args, **env_vars): """ return _assert_python(False, *args, **env_vars) -def spawn_python(*args, **kw): +def spawn_python(*args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, **kw): """Run a Python subprocess with the given arguments. kw is extra keyword args to pass to subprocess.Popen. Returns a Popen @@ -86,8 +86,16 @@ def spawn_python(*args, **kw): """ cmd_line = [sys.executable, '-E'] cmd_line.extend(args) + # Under Fedora (?), GNU readline can output junk on stderr when initialized, + # depending on the TERM setting. Setting TERM=vt100 is supposed to disable + # that. References: + # - http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2009/08/14/readline-invisible-character-hack.html + # - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15760712/python-readline-module-prints-escape-character-during-import + # - http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2007-08/msg00004.html + env = kw.setdefault('env', dict(os.environ)) + env['TERM'] = 'vt100' return subprocess.Popen(cmd_line, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, - stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, + stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, **kw) def kill_python(p): |