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swaldhoer

opened on Jun 21, 2023

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https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html#disabling-use-of-vfork-or-posix-spawn references

subprocess._USE_VFORK = False  # See CPython issue gh-NNNNNN.

subprocess._USE_POSIX_SPAWN = False  # See CPython issue gh-NNNNNN.

These are the only missing references I found in the whole docs.

I tried to find the correct issue number, however it was not as easy as expected:
It either is #80004 or #79718.

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1. swaldhoer

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2. JelleZijlstra commented on Jun 21, 2023

   

   JelleZijlstra

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   Possibly the intention is that if you feel the need to set _USE_VFORK to false, you should open a CPython issue and reference it in a comment. However, in that case it's better to be explicit and add a sentence to the docs that says you should open a CPython issue in that case.
3. hugovk commented on Jun 21, 2023

   

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   Using git blame (https://github.com/python/cpython/blame/main/Doc/library/subprocess.rst), we can see this was added in PR #91490.
4. ronaldoussoren commented on Jun 23, 2023

   

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   The end of that section already states:

   Please file issues any time you have to use these private knobs with a way to reproduce the issue you were seeing. Link to that issue from a comment in your code.

   Reacted by Jelle Zijlstra
5. swaldhoer

   closed this as completedon Jun 29, 2023

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