[issue25686] Don't use distutils in test_shutil

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[issue25686] Don't use distutils in test_shutil

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[issue25686] Don't use distutils in test_shutil

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset c50cbb5d5ece by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '3.4': Issue #25686: test_shutil no longer uses the distutils package for searching https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c50cbb5d5ece New changeset df11d58fce00 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '3.5': Issue #2568

[issue25686] Don't use distutils in test_shutil

Stéphane Wirtel added the comment: Works fine on my laptop with 3.6. and the code is right -- nosy: +matrixise ___ Python tracker ___

[issue25686] Don't use distutils in test_shutil

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka: The distutils package is used in test_shutil to search and run external archivers. But using distutils can have side effects (see issue25607). Proposed patch replaces distutils with standard functions for searching executables and running command, shutil.w