New submission from STINNER Victor: On Windows, if Python is started with an empty environment (no environment variable at all), Python fails with:
"Fatal Python error: Failed to initialize Windows random API (CryptoGen)" It's the Windows error 0x80090006 which is not displayed in the error message :-( In fact, it's because Python 3 cannot be started without SYSTEMROOT environment variable. Otherwise, CryptAcquireContext() is unable to find some DLL. IMO the script_helper should be fixed to copy the variable. Recent example of this issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue20599#msg211111 ---------- components: Tests messages: 211138 nosy: brian.curtin, haypo, serhiy.storchaka, tim.golden priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: test.script_helper should copy SYSTEMROOT environment variable for __cleanenv=True versions: Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue20614> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
