#11490: EACCES can also mean command not found
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 37dc245..04eb9b1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -573,7 +573,8 @@
subprocess.Popen(['nonexisting_i_hope'],
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
- if c.exception.errno != errno.ENOENT: # ignore "no such file"
+ # ignore errors that indicate the command was not found
+ if c.exception.errno not in (errno.ENOENT, errno.EACCES):
raise c.exception
def test_handles_closed_on_exception(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c3117cb..2b52138 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@
Tests
-----
+- Issue #11490: test_subprocess:test_leaking_fds_on_error no longer gives a
+ false positive if the last directory in the path is inaccessible.
+
- Issue #10822: Fix test_posix:test_getgroups failure under Solaris. Patch
by Ross Lagerwall.