[issue7193] Popen blocks program from another thread

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[issue7193] Popen blocks program from another thread

Dan Griffin added the comment: You are right, sorry to waste your time. -- status: closed -> open ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bu

[issue7193] Popen blocks program from another thread

R. David Murray added the comment: You are calling the 'run' method of your test class, which runs the subprocess in the main thread. Try calling t.start() instead. -- nosy: +r.david.murray priority: -> low resolution: -> invalid stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed

[issue7193] Popen blocks program from another thread

New submission from Dan Griffin : When I create a thread that does a Popen it blocks the entire program. I have attached a simple sample program. Whether I do Popen.wait or Popen.poll the program blocks. I have done this on OSX 10.5 and 10.6. I have not yet tried ussing the multiprocessing module