Fixed subprocess bug #1531862 again, after removing tests
offending buildbot
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 5438f15..7c229dc 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -1000,14 +1000,10 @@
                     if errwrite:
                         os.dup2(errwrite, 2)
 
-                    # Close pipe fds.  Make sure we doesn't close the same
-                    # fd more than once.
-                    if p2cread:
-                        os.close(p2cread)
-                    if c2pwrite and c2pwrite not in (p2cread,):
-                        os.close(c2pwrite)
-                    if errwrite and errwrite not in (p2cread, c2pwrite):
-                        os.close(errwrite)
+                    # Close pipe fds.  Make sure we don't close the same
+                    # fd more than once, or standard fds.
+                    for fd in set((p2cread, c2pwrite, errwrite))-set((0,1,2)):
+                        if fd: os.close(fd)
 
                     # Close all other fds, if asked for
                     if close_fds:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 8c8ac40..64f8d40 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@
         stripped = remove_stderr_debug_decorations(output)
         self.assertEqual(stripped, "appleorange")
 
+    def test_stdout_filedes_of_stdout(self):
+        # stdout is set to 1 (#1531862).
+        cmd = r"import sys, os; sys.exit(os.write(sys.stdout.fileno(), '.\n'))"
+        rc = subprocess.call([sys.executable, "-c", cmd], stdout=1)
+        self.assertEquals(rc, 2)
+
     def test_cwd(self):
         tmpdir = os.getenv("TEMP", "/tmp")
         # We cannot use os.path.realpath to canonicalize the path,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 71641af..2c5fdb4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 - Bug #1541863: uuid.uuid1 failed to generate unique identifiers
   on systems with low clock resolution.
 
+- Bug #1531862: Do not close standard file descriptors in subprocess.
+
 
 Extension Modules
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