Re: cygwin python: subprocess.Popen().stdout + threads == hang

2008-07-27 Thread Charles Wilson
Jason Tishler wrote: As my README indicates, Cygwin Python has some pthreads-related issues. Given that you don't observe this behavior on other platforms, it seems like this is a Cygwin specific problem. So, I don't think raising an upstream bug report will help. I would like to help with thi

Re: cygwin python: subprocess.Popen().stdout + threads == hang

2008-07-26 Thread Jason Tishler
Charles, On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:11:46PM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote: > Ran into a weird issue using python on cygwin. When trying to use the > stdout handle from a subprocess spawned using the subprocess.Popen > class, it hangs when accessed via a thread. This behavior does /not/ > occur on ot

cygwin python: subprocess.Popen().stdout + threads == hang

2008-07-24 Thread Charles Wilson
Ran into a weird issue using python on cygwin. When trying to use the stdout handle from a subprocess spawned using the subprocess.Popen class, it hangs when accessed via a thread. This behavior does /not/ occur on other platforms -- nor when using os.popen from threads on cygwin. Nor when using su