diff --git a/Modules/_fileio.c b/Modules/_fileio.c
index 2bda155..c46f17e 100644
--- a/Modules/_fileio.c
+++ b/Modules/_fileio.c
@@ -375,6 +375,12 @@
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &size))
 		return NULL;
 
+        if (size < 0) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+				"negative read count");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	bytes = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, size);
 	if (bytes == NULL)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 1900656..a2068ac 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@
 #define HAVE_GETCWD     1
 #define HAVE_OPENDIR    1
 #define HAVE_PIPE       1
-#define HAVE_POPEN      1
 #define HAVE_SYSTEM	1
 #define HAVE_WAIT       1
 #else
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@
 #define HAVE_SPAWNV	1
 #define HAVE_EXECV      1
 #define HAVE_PIPE       1
-#define HAVE_POPEN      1
 #define HAVE_SYSTEM	1
 #define HAVE_CWAIT	1
 #define HAVE_FSYNC	1
@@ -145,9 +143,6 @@
 #define HAVE_KILL       1
 #define HAVE_OPENDIR    1
 #define HAVE_PIPE       1
-#ifndef __rtems__
-#define HAVE_POPEN      1
-#endif
 #define HAVE_SYSTEM	1
 #define HAVE_WAIT       1
 #define HAVE_TTYNAME	1
@@ -194,7 +189,6 @@
 extern int rename(const char *, const char *);
 extern int stat(const char *, struct stat *);
 extern int unlink(const char *);
-extern int pclose(FILE *);
 #ifdef HAVE_SYMLINK
 extern int symlink(const char *, const char *);
 #endif /* HAVE_SYMLINK */
@@ -261,8 +255,6 @@
 #include "osdefs.h"
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <shellapi.h>	/* for ShellExecute() */
-#define popen	_popen
-#define pclose	_pclose
 #endif /* _MSC_VER */
 
 #if defined(PYCC_VACPP) && defined(PYOS_OS2)
@@ -3904,1470 +3896,6 @@
 #endif
 
 
-#ifdef HAVE_POPEN
-PyDoc_STRVAR(posix_popen__doc__,
-"popen(command [, mode='r' [, bufsize]]) -> pipe\n\n\
-Open a pipe to/from a command returning a file object.");
-
-#if defined(PYOS_OS2)
-#if defined(PYCC_VACPP)
-static int
-async_system(const char *command)
-{
-	char errormsg[256], args[1024];
-	RESULTCODES rcodes;
-	APIRET rc;
-
-	char *shell = getenv("COMSPEC");
-	if (!shell)
-		shell = "cmd";
-
-	/* avoid overflowing the argument buffer */
-	if (strlen(shell) + 3 + strlen(command) >= 1024)
-		return ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY
-
-	args[0] = '\0';
-	strcat(args, shell);
-	strcat(args, "/c ");
-	strcat(args, command);
-
-	/* execute asynchronously, inheriting the environment */
-	rc = DosExecPgm(errormsg,
-			sizeof(errormsg),
-			EXEC_ASYNC,
-			args,
-			NULL,
-			&rcodes,
-			shell);
-	return rc;
-}
-
-static FILE *
-popen(const char *command, const char *mode, int pipesize, int *err)
-{
-	int oldfd, tgtfd;
-	HFILE pipeh[2];
-	APIRET rc;
-
-	/* mode determines which of stdin or stdout is reconnected to
-	 * the pipe to the child
-	 */
-	if (strchr(mode, 'r') != NULL) {
-		tgt_fd = 1;	/* stdout */
-	} else if (strchr(mode, 'w')) {
-		tgt_fd = 0;	/* stdin */
-	} else {
-		*err = ERROR_INVALID_ACCESS;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	/* setup the pipe */
-	if ((rc = DosCreatePipe(&pipeh[0], &pipeh[1], pipesize)) != NO_ERROR) {
-		*err = rc;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	/* prevent other threads accessing stdio */
-	DosEnterCritSec();
-
-	/* reconnect stdio and execute child */
-	oldfd = dup(tgtfd);
-	close(tgtfd);
-	if (dup2(pipeh[tgtfd], tgtfd) == 0) {
-		DosClose(pipeh[tgtfd]);
-		rc = async_system(command);
-	}
-
-	/* restore stdio */
-	dup2(oldfd, tgtfd);
-	close(oldfd);
-
-	/* allow other threads access to stdio */
-	DosExitCritSec();
-
-	/* if execution of child was successful return file stream */
-	if (rc == NO_ERROR)
-		return fdopen(pipeh[1 - tgtfd], mode);
-	else {
-		DosClose(pipeh[1 - tgtfd]);
-		*err = rc;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-static PyObject *
-posix_popen(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	char *name;
-	char *mode = "r";
-	int   err, bufsize = -1;
-	FILE *fp;
-	PyObject *f;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|si:popen", &name, &mode, &bufsize))
-		return NULL;
-	Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-	fp = popen(name, mode, (bufsize > 0) ? bufsize : 4096, &err);
-	Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
-	if (fp == NULL)
-		return os2_error(err);
-
-	f = PyFile_FromFile(fp, name, mode, fclose);
-	if (f != NULL)
-		PyFile_SetBufSize(f, bufsize);
-	return f;
-}
-
-#elif defined(PYCC_GCC)
-
-/* standard posix version of popen() support */
-static PyObject *
-posix_popen(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	char *name;
-	char *mode = "r";
-	int bufsize = -1;
-	FILE *fp;
-	PyObject *f;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|si:popen", &name, &mode, &bufsize))
-		return NULL;
-	Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-	fp = popen(name, mode);
-	Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
-	if (fp == NULL)
-		return posix_error();
-	f = PyFile_FromFile(fp, name, mode, pclose);
-	if (f != NULL)
-		PyFile_SetBufSize(f, bufsize);
-	return f;
-}
-
-/* fork() under OS/2 has lots'o'warts
- * EMX supports pipe() and spawn*() so we can synthesize popen[234]()
- * most of this code is a ripoff of the win32 code, but using the
- * capabilities of EMX's C library routines
- */
-
-/* These tell _PyPopen() whether to return 1, 2, or 3 file objects. */
-#define POPEN_1 1
-#define POPEN_2 2
-#define POPEN_3 3
-#define POPEN_4 4
-
-static PyObject *_PyPopen(char *, int, int, int);
-static int _PyPclose(FILE *file);
-
-/*
- * Internal dictionary mapping popen* file pointers to process handles,
- * for use when retrieving the process exit code.  See _PyPclose() below
- * for more information on this dictionary's use.
- */
-static PyObject *_PyPopenProcs = NULL;
-
-/* os2emx version of popen2()
- *
- * The result of this function is a pipe (file) connected to the
- * process's stdin, and a pipe connected to the process's stdout.
- */
-
-static PyObject *
-os2emx_popen2(PyObject *self, PyObject  *args)
-{
-	PyObject *f;
-	int tm=0;
-
-	char *cmdstring;
-	char *mode = "t";
-	int bufsize = -1;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|si:popen2", &cmdstring, &mode, &bufsize))
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (*mode == 't')
-		tm = O_TEXT;
-	else if (*mode != 'b') {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "mode must be 't' or 'b'");
-		return NULL;
-	} else
-		tm = O_BINARY;
-
-	f = _PyPopen(cmdstring, tm, POPEN_2, bufsize);
-
-	return f;
-}
-
-/*
- * Variation on os2emx.popen2
- *
- * The result of this function is 3 pipes - the process's stdin,
- * stdout and stderr
- */
-
-static PyObject *
-os2emx_popen3(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	PyObject *f;
-	int tm = 0;
-
-	char *cmdstring;
-	char *mode = "t";
-	int bufsize = -1;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|si:popen3", &cmdstring, &mode, &bufsize))
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (*mode == 't')
-		tm = O_TEXT;
-	else if (*mode != 'b') {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "mode must be 't' or 'b'");
-		return NULL;
-	} else
-		tm = O_BINARY;
-
-	f = _PyPopen(cmdstring, tm, POPEN_3, bufsize);
-
-	return f;
-}
-
-/*
- * Variation on os2emx.popen2
- *
- * The result of this function is 2 pipes - the processes stdin,
- * and stdout+stderr combined as a single pipe.
- */
-
-static PyObject *
-os2emx_popen4(PyObject *self, PyObject  *args)
-{
-	PyObject *f;
-	int tm = 0;
-
-	char *cmdstring;
-	char *mode = "t";
-	int bufsize = -1;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|si:popen4", &cmdstring, &mode, &bufsize))
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (*mode == 't')
-		tm = O_TEXT;
-	else if (*mode != 'b') {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "mode must be 't' or 'b'");
-		return NULL;
-	} else
-		tm = O_BINARY;
-
-	f = _PyPopen(cmdstring, tm, POPEN_4, bufsize);
-
-	return f;
-}
-
-/* a couple of structures for convenient handling of multiple
- * file handles and pipes
- */
-struct file_ref
-{
-	int handle;
-	int flags;
-};
-
-struct pipe_ref
-{
-	int rd;
-	int wr;
-};
-
-/* The following code is derived from the win32 code */
-
-static PyObject *
-_PyPopen(char *cmdstring, int mode, int n, int bufsize)
-{
-	struct file_ref stdio[3];
-	struct pipe_ref p_fd[3];
-	FILE *p_s[3];
-	int file_count, i, pipe_err, pipe_pid;
-	char *shell, *sh_name, *opt, *rd_mode, *wr_mode;
-	PyObject *f, *p_f[3];
-
-	/* file modes for subsequent fdopen's on pipe handles */
-	if (mode == O_TEXT)
-	{
-		rd_mode = "rt";
-		wr_mode = "wt";
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		rd_mode = "rb";
-		wr_mode = "wb";
-	}
-
-	/* prepare shell references */
-	if ((shell = getenv("EMXSHELL")) == NULL)
-		if ((shell = getenv("COMSPEC")) == NULL)
-		{
-			errno = ENOENT;
-			return posix_error();
-		}
-
-	sh_name = _getname(shell);
-	if (stricmp(sh_name, "cmd.exe") == 0 || stricmp(sh_name, "4os2.exe") == 0)
-		opt = "/c";
-	else
-		opt = "-c";
-
-	/* save current stdio fds + their flags, and set not inheritable */
-	i = pipe_err = 0;
-	while (pipe_err >= 0 && i < 3)
-	{
-		pipe_err = stdio[i].handle = dup(i);
-		stdio[i].flags = fcntl(i, F_GETFD, 0);
-		fcntl(stdio[i].handle, F_SETFD, stdio[i].flags | FD_CLOEXEC);
-		i++;
-	}
-	if (pipe_err < 0)
-	{
-		/* didn't get them all saved - clean up and bail out */
-		int saved_err = errno;
-		while (i-- > 0)
-		{
-			close(stdio[i].handle);
-		}
-		errno = saved_err;
-		return posix_error();
-	}
-
-	/* create pipe ends */
-	file_count = 2;
-	if (n == POPEN_3)
-		file_count = 3;
-	i = pipe_err = 0;
-	while ((pipe_err == 0) && (i < file_count))
-		pipe_err = pipe((int *)&p_fd[i++]);
-	if (pipe_err < 0)
-	{
-		/* didn't get them all made - clean up and bail out */
-		while (i-- > 0)
-		{
-			close(p_fd[i].wr);
-			close(p_fd[i].rd);
-		}
-		errno = EPIPE;
-		return posix_error();
-	}
-
-	/* change the actual standard IO streams over temporarily,
-	 * making the retained pipe ends non-inheritable
-	 */
-	pipe_err = 0;
-
-	/* - stdin */
-	if (dup2(p_fd[0].rd, 0) == 0)
-	{
-		close(p_fd[0].rd);
-		i = fcntl(p_fd[0].wr, F_GETFD, 0);
-		fcntl(p_fd[0].wr, F_SETFD, i | FD_CLOEXEC);
-		if ((p_s[0] = fdopen(p_fd[0].wr, wr_mode)) == NULL)
-		{
-			close(p_fd[0].wr);
-			pipe_err = -1;
-		}
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		pipe_err = -1;
-	}
-
-	/* - stdout */
-	if (pipe_err == 0)
-	{
-		if (dup2(p_fd[1].wr, 1) == 1)
-		{
-			close(p_fd[1].wr);
-			i = fcntl(p_fd[1].rd, F_GETFD, 0);
-			fcntl(p_fd[1].rd, F_SETFD, i | FD_CLOEXEC);
-			if ((p_s[1] = fdopen(p_fd[1].rd, rd_mode)) == NULL)
-			{
-				close(p_fd[1].rd);
-				pipe_err = -1;
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			pipe_err = -1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* - stderr, as required */
-	if (pipe_err == 0)
-		switch (n)
-		{
-			case POPEN_3:
-			{
-				if (dup2(p_fd[2].wr, 2) == 2)
-				{
-					close(p_fd[2].wr);
-					i = fcntl(p_fd[2].rd, F_GETFD, 0);
-					fcntl(p_fd[2].rd, F_SETFD, i | FD_CLOEXEC);
-					if ((p_s[2] = fdopen(p_fd[2].rd, rd_mode)) == NULL)
-					{
-						close(p_fd[2].rd);
-						pipe_err = -1;
-					}
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					pipe_err = -1;
-				}
-				break;
-			}
-
-			case POPEN_4:
-			{
-				if (dup2(1, 2) != 2)
-				{
-					pipe_err = -1;
-				}
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-	/* spawn the child process */
-	if (pipe_err == 0)
-	{
-		pipe_pid = spawnlp(P_NOWAIT, shell, shell, opt, cmdstring, (char *)0);
-		if (pipe_pid == -1)
-		{
-			pipe_err = -1;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			/* save the PID into the FILE structure
-			 * NOTE: this implementation doesn't actually
-			 * take advantage of this, but do it for
-			 * completeness - AIM Apr01
-			 */
-			for (i = 0; i < file_count; i++)
-				p_s[i]->_pid = pipe_pid;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* reset standard IO to normal */
-	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
-	{
-		dup2(stdio[i].handle, i);
-		fcntl(i, F_SETFD, stdio[i].flags);
-		close(stdio[i].handle);
-	}
-
-	/* if any remnant problems, clean up and bail out */
-	if (pipe_err < 0)
-	{
-		for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
-		{
-			close(p_fd[i].rd);
-			close(p_fd[i].wr);
-		}
-		errno = EPIPE;
-		return posix_error_with_filename(cmdstring);
-	}
-
-	/* build tuple of file objects to return */
-	if ((p_f[0] = PyFile_FromFile(p_s[0], cmdstring, wr_mode, _PyPclose)) != NULL)
-		PyFile_SetBufSize(p_f[0], bufsize);
-	if ((p_f[1] = PyFile_FromFile(p_s[1], cmdstring, rd_mode, _PyPclose)) != NULL)
-		PyFile_SetBufSize(p_f[1], bufsize);
-	if (n == POPEN_3)
-	{
-		if ((p_f[2] = PyFile_FromFile(p_s[2], cmdstring, rd_mode, _PyPclose)) != NULL)
-			PyFile_SetBufSize(p_f[0], bufsize);
-		f = PyTuple_Pack(3, p_f[0], p_f[1], p_f[2]);
-	}
-	else
-		f = PyTuple_Pack(2, p_f[0], p_f[1]);
-
-	/*
-	 * Insert the files we've created into the process dictionary
-	 * all referencing the list with the process handle and the
-	 * initial number of files (see description below in _PyPclose).
-	 * Since if _PyPclose later tried to wait on a process when all
-	 * handles weren't closed, it could create a deadlock with the
-	 * child, we spend some energy here to try to ensure that we
-	 * either insert all file handles into the dictionary or none
-	 * at all.  It's a little clumsy with the various popen modes
-	 * and variable number of files involved.
-	 */
-	if (!_PyPopenProcs)
-	{
-		_PyPopenProcs = PyDict_New();
-	}
-
-	if (_PyPopenProcs)
-	{
-		PyObject *procObj, *pidObj, *intObj, *fileObj[3];
-		int ins_rc[3];
-
-		fileObj[0] = fileObj[1] = fileObj[2] = NULL;
-		ins_rc[0]  = ins_rc[1]  = ins_rc[2]  = 0;
-
-		procObj = PyList_New(2);
-		pidObj = PyInt_FromLong((long) pipe_pid);
-		intObj = PyInt_FromLong((long) file_count);
-
-		if (procObj && pidObj && intObj)
-		{
-			PyList_SetItem(procObj, 0, pidObj);
-			PyList_SetItem(procObj, 1, intObj);
-
-			fileObj[0] = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(p_s[0]);
-			if (fileObj[0])
-			{
-			    ins_rc[0] = PyDict_SetItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-						       fileObj[0],
-						       procObj);
-			}
-			fileObj[1] = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(p_s[1]);
-			if (fileObj[1])
-			{
-			    ins_rc[1] = PyDict_SetItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-						       fileObj[1],
-						       procObj);
-			}
-			if (file_count >= 3)
-			{
-				fileObj[2] = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(p_s[2]);
-				if (fileObj[2])
-				{
-				    ins_rc[2] = PyDict_SetItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-							       fileObj[2],
-							       procObj);
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (ins_rc[0] < 0 || !fileObj[0] ||
-			    ins_rc[1] < 0 || (file_count > 1 && !fileObj[1]) ||
-			    ins_rc[2] < 0 || (file_count > 2 && !fileObj[2]))
-			{
-				/* Something failed - remove any dictionary
-				 * entries that did make it.
-				 */
-				if (!ins_rc[0] && fileObj[0])
-				{
-					PyDict_DelItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-							fileObj[0]);
-				}
-				if (!ins_rc[1] && fileObj[1])
-				{
-					PyDict_DelItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-							fileObj[1]);
-				}
-				if (!ins_rc[2] && fileObj[2])
-				{
-					PyDict_DelItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-							fileObj[2]);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Clean up our localized references for the dictionary keys
-		 * and value since PyDict_SetItem will Py_INCREF any copies
-		 * that got placed in the dictionary.
-		 */
-		Py_XDECREF(procObj);
-		Py_XDECREF(fileObj[0]);
-		Py_XDECREF(fileObj[1]);
-		Py_XDECREF(fileObj[2]);
-	}
-
-	/* Child is launched. */
-	return f;
-}
-
-/*
- * Wrapper for fclose() to use for popen* files, so we can retrieve the
- * exit code for the child process and return as a result of the close.
- *
- * This function uses the _PyPopenProcs dictionary in order to map the
- * input file pointer to information about the process that was
- * originally created by the popen* call that created the file pointer.
- * The dictionary uses the file pointer as a key (with one entry
- * inserted for each file returned by the original popen* call) and a
- * single list object as the value for all files from a single call.
- * The list object contains the Win32 process handle at [0], and a file
- * count at [1], which is initialized to the total number of file
- * handles using that list.
- *
- * This function closes whichever handle it is passed, and decrements
- * the file count in the dictionary for the process handle pointed to
- * by this file.  On the last close (when the file count reaches zero),
- * this function will wait for the child process and then return its
- * exit code as the result of the close() operation.  This permits the
- * files to be closed in any order - it is always the close() of the
- * final handle that will return the exit code.
- *
- * NOTE: This function is currently called with the GIL released.
- * hence we use the GILState API to manage our state.
- */
-
-static int _PyPclose(FILE *file)
-{
-	int result;
-	int exit_code;
-	int pipe_pid;
-	PyObject *procObj, *pidObj, *intObj, *fileObj;
-	int file_count;
-#ifdef WITH_THREAD
-	PyGILState_STATE state;
-#endif
-
-	/* Close the file handle first, to ensure it can't block the
-	 * child from exiting if it's the last handle.
-	 */
-	result = fclose(file);
-
-#ifdef WITH_THREAD
-	state = PyGILState_Ensure();
-#endif
-	if (_PyPopenProcs)
-	{
-		if ((fileObj = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(file)) != NULL &&
-		    (procObj = PyDict_GetItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-					      fileObj)) != NULL &&
-		    (pidObj = PyList_GetItem(procObj,0)) != NULL &&
-		    (intObj = PyList_GetItem(procObj,1)) != NULL)
-		{
-			pipe_pid = (int) PyInt_AsLong(pidObj);
-			file_count = (int) PyInt_AsLong(intObj);
-
-			if (file_count > 1)
-			{
-				/* Still other files referencing process */
-				file_count--;
-				PyList_SetItem(procObj,1,
-					       PyInt_FromLong((long) file_count));
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				/* Last file for this process */
-				if (result != EOF &&
-				    waitpid(pipe_pid, &exit_code, 0) == pipe_pid)
-				{
-					/* extract exit status */
-					if (WIFEXITED(exit_code))
-					{
-						result = WEXITSTATUS(exit_code);
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						errno = EPIPE;
-						result = -1;
-					}
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					/* Indicate failure - this will cause the file object
-					 * to raise an I/O error and translate the last
-					 * error code from errno.  We do have a problem with
-					 * last errors that overlap the normal errno table,
-					 * but that's a consistent problem with the file object.
-					 */
-					result = -1;
-				}
-			}
-
-			/* Remove this file pointer from dictionary */
-			PyDict_DelItem(_PyPopenProcs, fileObj);
-
-			if (PyDict_Size(_PyPopenProcs) == 0)
-			{
-				Py_DECREF(_PyPopenProcs);
-				_PyPopenProcs = NULL;
-			}
-
-		} /* if object retrieval ok */
-
-		Py_XDECREF(fileObj);
-	} /* if _PyPopenProcs */
-
-#ifdef WITH_THREAD
-	PyGILState_Release(state);
-#endif
-	return result;
-}
-
-#endif /* PYCC_??? */
-
-#elif defined(MS_WINDOWS)
-
-/*
- * Portable 'popen' replacement for Win32.
- *
- * Written by Bill Tutt <billtut@microsoft.com>.  Minor tweaks
- * and 2.0 integration by Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com>
- * Return code handling by David Bolen <db3l@fitlinxx.com>.
- */
-
-#include <malloc.h>
-#include <io.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-
-/* These tell _PyPopen() wether to return 1, 2, or 3 file objects. */
-#define POPEN_1 1
-#define POPEN_2 2
-#define POPEN_3 3
-#define POPEN_4 4
-
-static PyObject *_PyPopen(char *, int, int);
-static int _PyPclose(FILE *file);
-
-/*
- * Internal dictionary mapping popen* file pointers to process handles,
- * for use when retrieving the process exit code.  See _PyPclose() below
- * for more information on this dictionary's use.
- */
-static PyObject *_PyPopenProcs = NULL;
-
-
-/* popen that works from a GUI.
- *
- * The result of this function is a pipe (file) connected to the
- * processes stdin or stdout, depending on the requested mode.
- */
-
-static PyObject *
-posix_popen(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	PyObject *f;
-	int tm = 0;
-
-	char *cmdstring;
-	char *mode = "r";
-	int bufsize = -1;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|si:popen", &cmdstring, &mode, &bufsize))
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (*mode == 'r')
-		tm = _O_RDONLY;
-	else if (*mode != 'w') {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "popen() arg 2 must be 'r' or 'w'");
-		return NULL;
-	} else
-		tm = _O_WRONLY;
-
-	if (bufsize != -1) {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "popen() arg 3 must be -1");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (*(mode+1) == 't')
-		f = _PyPopen(cmdstring, tm | _O_TEXT, POPEN_1);
-	else if (*(mode+1) == 'b')
-		f = _PyPopen(cmdstring, tm | _O_BINARY, POPEN_1);
-	else
-		f = _PyPopen(cmdstring, tm | _O_TEXT, POPEN_1);
-
-	return f;
-}
-
-/* Variation on win32pipe.popen
- *
- * The result of this function is a pipe (file) connected to the
- * process's stdin, and a pipe connected to the process's stdout.
- */
-
-static PyObject *
-win32_popen2(PyObject *self, PyObject  *args)
-{
-	PyObject *f;
-	int tm=0;
-
-	char *cmdstring;
-	char *mode = "t";
-	int bufsize = -1;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|si:popen2", &cmdstring, &mode, &bufsize))
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (*mode == 't')
-		tm = _O_TEXT;
-	else if (*mode != 'b') {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "popen2() arg 2 must be 't' or 'b'");
-		return NULL;
-	} else
-		tm = _O_BINARY;
-
-	if (bufsize != -1) {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "popen2() arg 3 must be -1");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	f = _PyPopen(cmdstring, tm, POPEN_2);
-
-	return f;
-}
-
-/*
- * Variation on <om win32pipe.popen>
- *
- * The result of this function is 3 pipes - the process's stdin,
- * stdout and stderr
- */
-
-static PyObject *
-win32_popen3(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	PyObject *f;
-	int tm = 0;
-
-	char *cmdstring;
-	char *mode = "t";
-	int bufsize = -1;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|si:popen3", &cmdstring, &mode, &bufsize))
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (*mode == 't')
-		tm = _O_TEXT;
-	else if (*mode != 'b') {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "popen3() arg 2 must be 't' or 'b'");
-		return NULL;
-	} else
-		tm = _O_BINARY;
-
-	if (bufsize != -1) {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "popen3() arg 3 must be -1");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	f = _PyPopen(cmdstring, tm, POPEN_3);
-
-	return f;
-}
-
-/*
- * Variation on win32pipe.popen
- *
- * The result of this function is 2 pipes - the processes stdin,
- * and stdout+stderr combined as a single pipe.
- */
-
-static PyObject *
-win32_popen4(PyObject *self, PyObject  *args)
-{
-	PyObject *f;
-	int tm = 0;
-
-	char *cmdstring;
-	char *mode = "t";
-	int bufsize = -1;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|si:popen4", &cmdstring, &mode, &bufsize))
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (*mode == 't')
-		tm = _O_TEXT;
-	else if (*mode != 'b') {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "popen4() arg 2 must be 't' or 'b'");
-		return NULL;
-	} else
-		tm = _O_BINARY;
-
-	if (bufsize != -1) {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "popen4() arg 3 must be -1");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	f = _PyPopen(cmdstring, tm, POPEN_4);
-
-	return f;
-}
-
-static BOOL
-_PyPopenCreateProcess(char *cmdstring,
-		      HANDLE hStdin,
-		      HANDLE hStdout,
-		      HANDLE hStderr,
-		      HANDLE *hProcess)
-{
-	PROCESS_INFORMATION piProcInfo;
-	STARTUPINFO siStartInfo;
-	DWORD dwProcessFlags = 0;  /* no NEW_CONSOLE by default for Ctrl+C handling */
-	char *s1,*s2, *s3 = " /c ";
-	const char *szConsoleSpawn = "w9xpopen.exe";
-	int i;
-	Py_ssize_t x;
-
-	if (i = GetEnvironmentVariable("COMSPEC",NULL,0)) {
-		char *comshell;
-
-		s1 = (char *)alloca(i);
-		if (!(x = GetEnvironmentVariable("COMSPEC", s1, i)))
-			/* x < i, so x fits into an integer */
-			return (int)x;
-
-		/* Explicitly check if we are using COMMAND.COM.  If we are
-		 * then use the w9xpopen hack.
-		 */
-		comshell = s1 + x;
-		while (comshell >= s1 && *comshell != '\\')
-			--comshell;
-		++comshell;
-
-		if (GetVersion() < 0x80000000 &&
-		    _stricmp(comshell, "command.com") != 0) {
-			/* NT/2000 and not using command.com. */
-			x = i + strlen(s3) + strlen(cmdstring) + 1;
-			s2 = (char *)alloca(x);
-			ZeroMemory(s2, x);
-			PyOS_snprintf(s2, x, "%s%s%s", s1, s3, cmdstring);
-		}
-		else {
-			/*
-			 * Oh gag, we're on Win9x or using COMMAND.COM. Use
-			 * the workaround listed in KB: Q150956
-			 */
-			char modulepath[_MAX_PATH];
-			struct stat statinfo;
-			GetModuleFileName(NULL, modulepath, sizeof(modulepath));
-			for (x = i = 0; modulepath[i]; i++)
-				if (modulepath[i] == SEP)
-					x = i+1;
-			modulepath[x] = '\0';
-			/* Create the full-name to w9xpopen, so we can test it exists */
-			strncat(modulepath,
-			        szConsoleSpawn,
-			        (sizeof(modulepath)/sizeof(modulepath[0]))
-			               -strlen(modulepath));
-			if (stat(modulepath, &statinfo) != 0) {
-				size_t mplen = sizeof(modulepath)/sizeof(modulepath[0]);
-				/* Eeek - file-not-found - possibly an embedding
-				   situation - see if we can locate it in sys.prefix
-				*/
-				strncpy(modulepath,
-				        Py_GetExecPrefix(),
-				        mplen);
-				modulepath[mplen-1] = '\0';
-				if (modulepath[strlen(modulepath)-1] != '\\')
-					strcat(modulepath, "\\");
-				strncat(modulepath,
-				        szConsoleSpawn,
-				        mplen-strlen(modulepath));
-				/* No where else to look - raise an easily identifiable
-				   error, rather than leaving Windows to report
-				   "file not found" - as the user is probably blissfully
-				   unaware this shim EXE is used, and it will confuse them.
-				   (well, it confused me for a while ;-)
-				*/
-				if (stat(modulepath, &statinfo) != 0) {
-					PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError,
-					    "Can not locate '%s' which is needed "
-					    "for popen to work with your shell "
-					    "or platform.",
-					    szConsoleSpawn);
-					return FALSE;
-				}
-			}
-			x = i + strlen(s3) + strlen(cmdstring) + 1 +
-				strlen(modulepath) +
-				strlen(szConsoleSpawn) + 1;
-
-			s2 = (char *)alloca(x);
-			ZeroMemory(s2, x);
-			/* To maintain correct argument passing semantics,
-			   we pass the command-line as it stands, and allow
-			   quoting to be applied.  w9xpopen.exe will then
-			   use its argv vector, and re-quote the necessary
-			   args for the ultimate child process.
-			*/
-			PyOS_snprintf(
-				s2, x,
-				"\"%s\" %s%s%s",
-				modulepath,
-				s1,
-				s3,
-				cmdstring);
-			/* Not passing CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE has been known to
-			   cause random failures on win9x.  Specifically a
-			   dialog:
-			   "Your program accessed mem currently in use at xxx"
-			   and a hopeful warning about the stability of your
-			   system.
-			   Cost is Ctrl+C wont kill children, but anyone
-			   who cares can have a go!
-			*/
-			dwProcessFlags |= CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* Could be an else here to try cmd.exe / command.com in the path
-	   Now we'll just error out.. */
-	else {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
-			"Cannot locate a COMSPEC environment variable to "
-			"use as the shell");
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	ZeroMemory(&siStartInfo, sizeof(STARTUPINFO));
-	siStartInfo.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);
-	siStartInfo.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES | STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
-	siStartInfo.hStdInput = hStdin;
-	siStartInfo.hStdOutput = hStdout;
-	siStartInfo.hStdError = hStderr;
-	siStartInfo.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
-
-	if (CreateProcess(NULL,
-			  s2,
-			  NULL,
-			  NULL,
-			  TRUE,
-			  dwProcessFlags,
-			  NULL,
-			  NULL,
-			  &siStartInfo,
-			  &piProcInfo) ) {
-		/* Close the handles now so anyone waiting is woken. */
-		CloseHandle(piProcInfo.hThread);
-
-		/* Return process handle */
-		*hProcess = piProcInfo.hProcess;
-		return TRUE;
-	}
-	win32_error("CreateProcess", s2);
-	return FALSE;
-}
-
-/* The following code is based off of KB: Q190351 */
-
-static PyObject *
-_PyPopen(char *cmdstring, int mode, int n)
-{
-	HANDLE hChildStdinRd, hChildStdinWr, hChildStdoutRd, hChildStdoutWr,
-		hChildStderrRd, hChildStderrWr, hChildStdinWrDup, hChildStdoutRdDup,
-		hChildStderrRdDup, hProcess; /* hChildStdoutWrDup; */
-
-	SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES saAttr;
-	BOOL fSuccess;
-	int fd1, fd2, fd3;
-	FILE *f1, *f2, *f3;
-	long file_count;
-	PyObject *f;
-
-	saAttr.nLength = sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
-	saAttr.bInheritHandle = TRUE;
-	saAttr.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL;
-
-	if (!CreatePipe(&hChildStdinRd, &hChildStdinWr, &saAttr, 0))
-		return win32_error("CreatePipe", NULL);
-
-	/* Create new output read handle and the input write handle. Set
-	 * the inheritance properties to FALSE. Otherwise, the child inherits
-	 * these handles; resulting in non-closeable handles to the pipes
-	 * being created. */
-	 fSuccess = DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(), hChildStdinWr,
-				    GetCurrentProcess(), &hChildStdinWrDup, 0,
-				    FALSE,
-				    DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS);
-	 if (!fSuccess)
-		 return win32_error("DuplicateHandle", NULL);
-
-	 /* Close the inheritable version of ChildStdin
-	that we're using. */
-	 CloseHandle(hChildStdinWr);
-
-	 if (!CreatePipe(&hChildStdoutRd, &hChildStdoutWr, &saAttr, 0))
-		 return win32_error("CreatePipe", NULL);
-
-	 fSuccess = DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(), hChildStdoutRd,
-				    GetCurrentProcess(), &hChildStdoutRdDup, 0,
-				    FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS);
-	 if (!fSuccess)
-		 return win32_error("DuplicateHandle", NULL);
-
-	 /* Close the inheritable version of ChildStdout
-		that we're using. */
-	 CloseHandle(hChildStdoutRd);
-
-	 if (n != POPEN_4) {
-		 if (!CreatePipe(&hChildStderrRd, &hChildStderrWr, &saAttr, 0))
-			 return win32_error("CreatePipe", NULL);
-		 fSuccess = DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(),
-					    hChildStderrRd,
-					    GetCurrentProcess(),
-					    &hChildStderrRdDup, 0,
-					    FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS);
-		 if (!fSuccess)
-			 return win32_error("DuplicateHandle", NULL);
-		 /* Close the inheritable version of ChildStdErr that we're using. */
-		 CloseHandle(hChildStderrRd);
-	 }
-
-	 switch (n) {
-	 case POPEN_1:
-		 switch (mode & (_O_RDONLY | _O_TEXT | _O_BINARY | _O_WRONLY)) {
-		 case _O_WRONLY | _O_TEXT:
-			 /* Case for writing to child Stdin in text mode. */
-			 fd1 = _open_osfhandle((Py_intptr_t)hChildStdinWrDup, mode);
-			 f1 = _fdopen(fd1, "w");
-			 f = PyFile_FromFile(f1, cmdstring, "w", _PyPclose);
-			 PyFile_SetBufSize(f, 0);
-			 /* We don't care about these pipes anymore, so close them. */
-			 CloseHandle(hChildStdoutRdDup);
-			 CloseHandle(hChildStderrRdDup);
-			 break;
-
-		 case _O_RDONLY | _O_TEXT:
-			 /* Case for reading from child Stdout in text mode. */
-			 fd1 = _open_osfhandle((Py_intptr_t)hChildStdoutRdDup, mode);
-			 f1 = _fdopen(fd1, "r");
-			 f = PyFile_FromFile(f1, cmdstring, "r", _PyPclose);
-			 PyFile_SetBufSize(f, 0);
-			 /* We don't care about these pipes anymore, so close them. */
-			 CloseHandle(hChildStdinWrDup);
-			 CloseHandle(hChildStderrRdDup);
-			 break;
-
-		 case _O_RDONLY | _O_BINARY:
-			 /* Case for readinig from child Stdout in binary mode. */
-			 fd1 = _open_osfhandle((Py_intptr_t)hChildStdoutRdDup, mode);
-			 f1 = _fdopen(fd1, "rb");
-			 f = PyFile_FromFile(f1, cmdstring, "rb", _PyPclose);
-			 PyFile_SetBufSize(f, 0);
-			 /* We don't care about these pipes anymore, so close them. */
-			 CloseHandle(hChildStdinWrDup);
-			 CloseHandle(hChildStderrRdDup);
-			 break;
-
-		 case _O_WRONLY | _O_BINARY:
-			 /* Case for writing to child Stdin in binary mode. */
-			 fd1 = _open_osfhandle((Py_intptr_t)hChildStdinWrDup, mode);
-			 f1 = _fdopen(fd1, "wb");
-			 f = PyFile_FromFile(f1, cmdstring, "wb", _PyPclose);
-			 PyFile_SetBufSize(f, 0);
-			 /* We don't care about these pipes anymore, so close them. */
-			 CloseHandle(hChildStdoutRdDup);
-			 CloseHandle(hChildStderrRdDup);
-			 break;
-		 }
-		 file_count = 1;
-		 break;
-
-	 case POPEN_2:
-	 case POPEN_4:
-	 {
-		 char *m1, *m2;
-		 PyObject *p1, *p2;
-
-		 if (mode & _O_TEXT) {
-			 m1 = "r";
-			 m2 = "w";
-		 } else {
-			 m1 = "rb";
-			 m2 = "wb";
-		 }
-
-		 fd1 = _open_osfhandle((Py_intptr_t)hChildStdinWrDup, mode);
-		 f1 = _fdopen(fd1, m2);
-		 fd2 = _open_osfhandle((Py_intptr_t)hChildStdoutRdDup, mode);
-		 f2 = _fdopen(fd2, m1);
-		 p1 = PyFile_FromFile(f1, cmdstring, m2, _PyPclose);
-		 PyFile_SetBufSize(p1, 0);
-		 p2 = PyFile_FromFile(f2, cmdstring, m1, _PyPclose);
-		 PyFile_SetBufSize(p2, 0);
-
-		 if (n != 4)
-			 CloseHandle(hChildStderrRdDup);
-
-		 f = PyTuple_Pack(2,p1,p2);
-		 Py_XDECREF(p1);
-		 Py_XDECREF(p2);
-		 file_count = 2;
-		 break;
-	 }
-
-	 case POPEN_3:
-	 {
-		 char *m1, *m2;
-		 PyObject *p1, *p2, *p3;
-
-		 if (mode & _O_TEXT) {
-			 m1 = "r";
-			 m2 = "w";
-		 } else {
-			 m1 = "rb";
-			 m2 = "wb";
-		 }
-
-		 fd1 = _open_osfhandle((Py_intptr_t)hChildStdinWrDup, mode);
-		 f1 = _fdopen(fd1, m2);
-		 fd2 = _open_osfhandle((Py_intptr_t)hChildStdoutRdDup, mode);
-		 f2 = _fdopen(fd2, m1);
-		 fd3 = _open_osfhandle((Py_intptr_t)hChildStderrRdDup, mode);
-		 f3 = _fdopen(fd3, m1);
-		 p1 = PyFile_FromFile(f1, cmdstring, m2, _PyPclose);
-		 p2 = PyFile_FromFile(f2, cmdstring, m1, _PyPclose);
-		 p3 = PyFile_FromFile(f3, cmdstring, m1, _PyPclose);
-		 PyFile_SetBufSize(p1, 0);
-		 PyFile_SetBufSize(p2, 0);
-		 PyFile_SetBufSize(p3, 0);
-		 f = PyTuple_Pack(3,p1,p2,p3);
-		 Py_XDECREF(p1);
-		 Py_XDECREF(p2);
-		 Py_XDECREF(p3);
-		 file_count = 3;
-		 break;
-	 }
-	 }
-
-	 if (n == POPEN_4) {
-		 if (!_PyPopenCreateProcess(cmdstring,
-					    hChildStdinRd,
-					    hChildStdoutWr,
-					    hChildStdoutWr,
-					    &hProcess))
-			 return NULL;
-	 }
-	 else {
-		 if (!_PyPopenCreateProcess(cmdstring,
-					    hChildStdinRd,
-					    hChildStdoutWr,
-					    hChildStderrWr,
-					    &hProcess))
-			 return NULL;
-	 }
-
-	 /*
-	  * Insert the files we've created into the process dictionary
-	  * all referencing the list with the process handle and the
-	  * initial number of files (see description below in _PyPclose).
-	  * Since if _PyPclose later tried to wait on a process when all
-	  * handles weren't closed, it could create a deadlock with the
-	  * child, we spend some energy here to try to ensure that we
-	  * either insert all file handles into the dictionary or none
-	  * at all.  It's a little clumsy with the various popen modes
-	  * and variable number of files involved.
-	  */
-	 if (!_PyPopenProcs) {
-		 _PyPopenProcs = PyDict_New();
-	 }
-
-	 if (_PyPopenProcs) {
-		 PyObject *procObj, *hProcessObj, *intObj, *fileObj[3];
-		 int ins_rc[3];
-
-		 fileObj[0] = fileObj[1] = fileObj[2] = NULL;
-		 ins_rc[0]  = ins_rc[1]  = ins_rc[2]  = 0;
-
-		 procObj = PyList_New(2);
-		 hProcessObj = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(hProcess);
-		 intObj = PyInt_FromLong(file_count);
-
-		 if (procObj && hProcessObj && intObj) {
-			 PyList_SetItem(procObj,0,hProcessObj);
-			 PyList_SetItem(procObj,1,intObj);
-
-			 fileObj[0] = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(f1);
-			 if (fileObj[0]) {
-			    ins_rc[0] = PyDict_SetItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-						       fileObj[0],
-						       procObj);
-			 }
-			 if (file_count >= 2) {
-				 fileObj[1] = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(f2);
-				 if (fileObj[1]) {
-				    ins_rc[1] = PyDict_SetItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-							       fileObj[1],
-							       procObj);
-				 }
-			 }
-			 if (file_count >= 3) {
-				 fileObj[2] = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(f3);
-				 if (fileObj[2]) {
-				    ins_rc[2] = PyDict_SetItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-							       fileObj[2],
-							       procObj);
-				 }
-			 }
-
-			 if (ins_rc[0] < 0 || !fileObj[0] ||
-			     ins_rc[1] < 0 || (file_count > 1 && !fileObj[1]) ||
-			     ins_rc[2] < 0 || (file_count > 2 && !fileObj[2])) {
-				 /* Something failed - remove any dictionary
-				  * entries that did make it.
-				  */
-				 if (!ins_rc[0] && fileObj[0]) {
-					 PyDict_DelItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-							fileObj[0]);
-				 }
-				 if (!ins_rc[1] && fileObj[1]) {
-					 PyDict_DelItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-							fileObj[1]);
-				 }
-				 if (!ins_rc[2] && fileObj[2]) {
-					 PyDict_DelItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-							fileObj[2]);
-				 }
-			 }
-		 }
-
-		 /*
-		  * Clean up our localized references for the dictionary keys
-		  * and value since PyDict_SetItem will Py_INCREF any copies
-		  * that got placed in the dictionary.
-		  */
-		 Py_XDECREF(procObj);
-		 Py_XDECREF(fileObj[0]);
-		 Py_XDECREF(fileObj[1]);
-		 Py_XDECREF(fileObj[2]);
-	 }
-
-	 /* Child is launched. Close the parents copy of those pipe
-	  * handles that only the child should have open.  You need to
-	  * make sure that no handles to the write end of the output pipe
-	  * are maintained in this process or else the pipe will not close
-	  * when the child process exits and the ReadFile will hang. */
-
-	 if (!CloseHandle(hChildStdinRd))
-		 return win32_error("CloseHandle", NULL);
-
-	 if (!CloseHandle(hChildStdoutWr))
-		 return win32_error("CloseHandle", NULL);
-
-	 if ((n != 4) && (!CloseHandle(hChildStderrWr)))
-		 return win32_error("CloseHandle", NULL);
-
-	 return f;
-}
-
-/*
- * Wrapper for fclose() to use for popen* files, so we can retrieve the
- * exit code for the child process and return as a result of the close.
- *
- * This function uses the _PyPopenProcs dictionary in order to map the
- * input file pointer to information about the process that was
- * originally created by the popen* call that created the file pointer.
- * The dictionary uses the file pointer as a key (with one entry
- * inserted for each file returned by the original popen* call) and a
- * single list object as the value for all files from a single call.
- * The list object contains the Win32 process handle at [0], and a file
- * count at [1], which is initialized to the total number of file
- * handles using that list.
- *
- * This function closes whichever handle it is passed, and decrements
- * the file count in the dictionary for the process handle pointed to
- * by this file.  On the last close (when the file count reaches zero),
- * this function will wait for the child process and then return its
- * exit code as the result of the close() operation.  This permits the
- * files to be closed in any order - it is always the close() of the
- * final handle that will return the exit code.
- *
- * NOTE: This function is currently called with the GIL released.
- * hence we use the GILState API to manage our state.
- */
-
-static int _PyPclose(FILE *file)
-{
-	int result;
-	DWORD exit_code;
-	HANDLE hProcess;
-	PyObject *procObj, *hProcessObj, *intObj, *fileObj;
-	long file_count;
-#ifdef WITH_THREAD
-	PyGILState_STATE state;
-#endif
-
-	/* Close the file handle first, to ensure it can't block the
-	 * child from exiting if it's the last handle.
-	 */
-	result = fclose(file);
-#ifdef WITH_THREAD
-	state = PyGILState_Ensure();
-#endif
-	if (_PyPopenProcs) {
-		if ((fileObj = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(file)) != NULL &&
-		    (procObj = PyDict_GetItem(_PyPopenProcs,
-					      fileObj)) != NULL &&
-		    (hProcessObj = PyList_GetItem(procObj,0)) != NULL &&
-		    (intObj = PyList_GetItem(procObj,1)) != NULL) {
-
-			hProcess = PyLong_AsVoidPtr(hProcessObj);
-			file_count = PyInt_AsLong(intObj);
-
-			if (file_count > 1) {
-				/* Still other files referencing process */
-				file_count--;
-				PyList_SetItem(procObj,1,
-					       PyInt_FromLong(file_count));
-			} else {
-				/* Last file for this process */
-				if (result != EOF &&
-				    WaitForSingleObject(hProcess, INFINITE) != WAIT_FAILED &&
-				    GetExitCodeProcess(hProcess, &exit_code)) {
-					/* Possible truncation here in 16-bit environments, but
-					 * real exit codes are just the lower byte in any event.
-					 */
-					result = exit_code;
-				} else {
-					/* Indicate failure - this will cause the file object
-					 * to raise an I/O error and translate the last Win32
-					 * error code from errno.  We do have a problem with
-					 * last errors that overlap the normal errno table,
-					 * but that's a consistent problem with the file object.
-					 */
-					if (result != EOF) {
-						/* If the error wasn't from the fclose(), then
-						 * set errno for the file object error handling.
-						 */
-						errno = GetLastError();
-					}
-					result = -1;
-				}
-
-				/* Free up the native handle at this point */
-				CloseHandle(hProcess);
-			}
-
-			/* Remove this file pointer from dictionary */
-			PyDict_DelItem(_PyPopenProcs, fileObj);
-
-			if (PyDict_Size(_PyPopenProcs) == 0) {
-				Py_DECREF(_PyPopenProcs);
-				_PyPopenProcs = NULL;
-			}
-
-		} /* if object retrieval ok */
-
-		Py_XDECREF(fileObj);
-	} /* if _PyPopenProcs */
-
-#ifdef WITH_THREAD
-	PyGILState_Release(state);
-#endif
-	return result;
-}
-
-#else /* which OS? */
-static PyObject *
-posix_popen(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	char *name;
-	char *mode = "r";
-	int bufsize = -1;
-	FILE *fp;
-	PyObject *f;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|si:popen", &name, &mode, &bufsize))
-		return NULL;
-	/* Strip mode of binary or text modifiers */
-	if (strcmp(mode, "rb") == 0 || strcmp(mode, "rt") == 0)
-		mode = "r";
-	else if (strcmp(mode, "wb") == 0 || strcmp(mode, "wt") == 0)
-		mode = "w";
-	Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-	fp = popen(name, mode);
-	Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
-	if (fp == NULL)
-		return posix_error();
-	f = PyFile_FromFile(fp, name, mode, pclose);
-	if (f != NULL)
-		PyFile_SetBufSize(f, bufsize);
-	return f;
-}
-
-#endif /* PYOS_??? */
-#endif /* HAVE_POPEN */
 
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SETUID
@@ -6225,62 +4753,6 @@
 	return _pystat_fromstructstat(&st);
 }
 
-
-PyDoc_STRVAR(posix_fdopen__doc__,
-"fdopen(fd [, mode='r' [, bufsize]]) -> file_object\n\n\
-Return an open file object connected to a file descriptor.");
-
-static PyObject *
-posix_fdopen(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	int fd;
-	char *orgmode = "r";
-	int bufsize = -1;
-	FILE *fp;
-	PyObject *f;
-	char *mode;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i|si", &fd, &orgmode, &bufsize))
-		return NULL;
-
-	/* Sanitize mode.  See fileobject.c */
-	mode = PyMem_MALLOC(strlen(orgmode)+3);
-	if (!mode) {
-		PyErr_NoMemory();
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	strcpy(mode, orgmode);
-	if (_PyFile_SanitizeMode(mode)) {
-		PyMem_FREE(mode);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-#if !defined(MS_WINDOWS) && defined(HAVE_FCNTL_H)
-	if (mode[0] == 'a') {
-		/* try to make sure the O_APPEND flag is set */
-		int flags;
-		flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL);
-		if (flags != -1)
-			fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_APPEND);
-		fp = fdopen(fd, mode);
-		if (fp == NULL && flags != -1)
-			/* restore old mode if fdopen failed */
-			fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags);
-	} else {
-		fp = fdopen(fd, mode);
-	}
-#else
-	fp = fdopen(fd, mode);
-#endif
-	Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
-	PyMem_FREE(mode);
-	if (fp == NULL)
-		return posix_error();
-	f = PyFile_FromFile(fp, "<fdopen>", orgmode, fclose);
-	if (f != NULL)
-		PyFile_SetBufSize(f, bufsize);
-	return f;
-}
-
 PyDoc_STRVAR(posix_isatty__doc__,
 "isatty(fd) -> bool\n\n\
 Return True if the file descriptor 'fd' is an open file descriptor\n\
@@ -8265,21 +6737,6 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_PLOCK
 	{"plock",	posix_plock, METH_VARARGS, posix_plock__doc__},
 #endif /* HAVE_PLOCK */
-#ifdef HAVE_POPEN
-	{"popen",	posix_popen, METH_VARARGS, posix_popen__doc__},
-#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
-	{"popen2",	win32_popen2, METH_VARARGS},
-	{"popen3",	win32_popen3, METH_VARARGS},
-	{"popen4",	win32_popen4, METH_VARARGS},
-	{"startfile",	win32_startfile, METH_VARARGS, win32_startfile__doc__},
-#else
-#if defined(PYOS_OS2) && defined(PYCC_GCC)
-	{"popen2",	os2emx_popen2, METH_VARARGS},
-	{"popen3",	os2emx_popen3, METH_VARARGS},
-	{"popen4",	os2emx_popen4, METH_VARARGS},
-#endif
-#endif
-#endif /* HAVE_POPEN */
 #ifdef HAVE_SETUID
 	{"setuid",	posix_setuid, METH_VARARGS, posix_setuid__doc__},
 #endif /* HAVE_SETUID */
@@ -8342,7 +6799,6 @@
 	{"read",	posix_read, METH_VARARGS, posix_read__doc__},
 	{"write",	posix_write, METH_VARARGS, posix_write__doc__},
 	{"fstat",	posix_fstat, METH_VARARGS, posix_fstat__doc__},
-	{"fdopen",	posix_fdopen, METH_VARARGS, posix_fdopen__doc__},
 	{"isatty",	posix_isatty, METH_VARARGS, posix_isatty__doc__},
 #ifdef HAVE_PIPE
 	{"pipe",	posix_pipe, METH_NOARGS, posix_pipe__doc__},