Applied patch 1124861.3.patch to solve bug #1124861: Automatically create pipes on Windows, if GetStdHandle fails. Backport from rev 53646.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 303f4cf..1f216f7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@
 Library
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+- Bug #1124861: Automatically create pipes if GetStdHandle fails in
+  subprocess. 
+
 - Patch #783050: the pty.fork() function now closes the slave fd
   correctly.