changeset:   70929:52c5f80122dd
branch:      3.2
parent:      70926:da3af4b131d7
user:        Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>
date:        Thu Jun 23 01:02:25 2011 +0200
files:       Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
description:
Issue #12383: skip test_empty_env() of subprocess on Windows

Cannot test an empty environment on Windows: Windows requires at least the
SYSTEMROOT environment variable to start Python.


diff -r da3af4b131d7 -r 52c5f80122dd Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py	Wed Jun 22 21:28:43 2011 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py	Thu Jun 23 01:02:25 2011 +0200
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@
             stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
             self.assertEqual(stdout, b"orange")
 
+    # Windows requires at least the SYSTEMROOT environment variable to start
+    # Python
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32',
+                     'cannot test an empty env on Windows')
     @unittest.skipIf(sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED') is not None,
                      'the python library cannot be loaded '
                      'with an empty environment')