In article <captjjmpxuj9n3cdqch0ojavksfvrqjwhh1gst3fafkcgyw5...@mail.gmail.com>, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 11:43 PM, Matthew Pounsett > <matt.pouns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If I insert that object into the test code and run it instead of > > MyThread(), I get the error. I can't see anything in there that should > > cause problems for the threading module though... especially since this > > runs fine on another system with the same version of python. > > > > Any thoughts on what's going on here? > > First culprit I'd look at is the mixing of subprocess and threading. > It's entirely possible that something goes messy when you fork from a > thread. FWIW, the Python 2 version of subprocess is known to be thread-unsafe. There is a Py2 backport available on PyPI of the improved Python 3 subprocess module: http://bugs.python.org/issue20318 https://pypi.python.org/pypi/subprocess32/ -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
