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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/webbrowser.py | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 3 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/webbrowser.py b/Lib/webbrowser.py index 861742538e..94d4ad42e6 100644 --- a/Lib/webbrowser.py +++ b/Lib/webbrowser.py @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class UnixBrowser(BaseBrowser): cmdline = [self.name] + raise_opt + args if remote or self.background: - inout = io.open(os.devnull, "r+") + inout = subprocess.DEVNULL else: # for TTY browsers, we need stdin/out inout = None @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class Konqueror(BaseBrowser): else: action = "openURL" - devnull = io.open(os.devnull, "r+") + devnull = subprocess.DEVNULL # if possible, put browser in separate process group, so # keyboard interrupts don't affect browser as well as Python setsid = getattr(os, 'setsid', None) @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Core and Builtins Library ------- +- Issue #15447: Use subprocess.DEVNULL in webbrowser, instead of opening + os.devnull explicitly and leaving it open. + - Issue #15509: webbrowser.UnixBrowser no longer passes empty arguments to Popen when %action substitutions produce empty strings. |