#16112: platform.architecture does not correctly escape argument to /usr/bin/file. Use 'communicate()'
diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index d177499..10b04bd 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -1045,13 +1045,12 @@
return default
target = _follow_symlinks(target)
try:
- with open(DEV_NULL) as dev_null:
- proc = subprocess.Popen(['file', '-b', '--', target],
- stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=dev_null)
+ proc = subprocess.Popen(['file', '-b', '--', target],
+ stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
except (AttributeError,os.error):
return default
- output = proc.stdout.read()
+ output = proc.communicate()[0]
rc = proc.wait()
if not output or rc:
return default