Issue #8513: os.get_exec_path() supports b'PATH' key and bytes value.
subprocess.Popen() and os._execvpe() support bytes program name. Add
os.supports_bytes_environ flag: True if the native OS type of the environment
is bytes (eg. False on Windows).
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index eb96706..96c8ebf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -825,6 +825,27 @@
stdout = stdout.rstrip(b'\n\r')
self.assertEquals(stdout.decode('ascii'), repr(value))
+ def test_bytes_program(self):
+ abs_program = os.fsencode(sys.executable)
+ path, program = os.path.split(sys.executable)
+ program = os.fsencode(program)
+
+ # absolute bytes path
+ exitcode = subprocess.call([abs_program, "-c", "pass"])
+ self.assertEquals(exitcode, 0)
+
+ # bytes program, unicode PATH
+ env = os.environ.copy()
+ env["PATH"] = path
+ exitcode = subprocess.call([program, "-c", "pass"], env=env)
+ self.assertEquals(exitcode, 0)
+
+ # bytes program, bytes PATH
+ envb = os.environb.copy()
+ envb[b"PATH"] = os.fsencode(path)
+ exitcode = subprocess.call([program, "-c", "pass"], env=envb)
+ self.assertEquals(exitcode, 0)
+
@unittest.skipUnless(mswindows, "Windows specific tests")
class Win32ProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):