[issue1557] import distutils.msvccompiler hangs when the environment is too large

Christian Heimes added the comment: Fixed in r59370 (trunk) I'm going to merge the changes into py3k soon. -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue1557] import distutils.msvccompiler hangs when the environment is too large

Changes by Christian Heimes: -- assignee: -> tiran nosy: +tiran priority: -> urgent __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-bugs-list mai

[issue1557] import distutils.msvccompiler hangs when the environment is too large

New submission from Thomas Heller: 'Python -c "import distutils.msvccompiler"' hangs when the environment is too large. This is because in Lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py, line 258, popen.wait() does not return because the subprocess does not terminate (probably because the stdout buffersize is t