Revert r80166 (and r80171), restore Lib/platform.py. subprocess cannot be used in platform.py

Lib/platform.py

@@ -966,20 +966,13 @@ def _syscmd_file(target,default=''):
     if sys.platform in ('dos','win32','win16','os2'):
         # XXX Others too ?
         return default
-    import subprocess
-    target = _follow_symlinks(target)
+    target = _follow_symlinks(target).replace('"', '\\"')
     try:
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(
-            ['file', target],
-            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-            stderr=open(DEV_NULL, 'wb'))
+        f = os.popen('file "%s" 2> %s' % (target, DEV_NULL))
     except (AttributeError,os.error):
         return default
-    stdout, stderr = proc.communicate()
-    stdout = stdout.rstrip(b'\n\r')
-    # get output from "filename: output"
-    output = stdout.split(b': ', 1)[-1]
-    rc = proc.wait()
+    output = string.strip(f.read())
+    rc = f.close()
     if not output or rc:
         return default
     else:
@@ -995,6 +988,8 @@ _default_architecture = {
     'dos': ('','MSDOS'),
 }
 
+_architecture_split = re.compile(r'[\s,]').split
+
 def architecture(executable=sys.executable,bits='',linkage=''):
 
     """ Queries the given executable (defaults to the Python interpreter
@@ -1029,11 +1024,11 @@ def architecture(executable=sys.executable,bits='',linkage=''):
 
     # Get data from the 'file' system command
     if executable:
-        fileout = _syscmd_file(executable, '')
+        output = _syscmd_file(executable, '')
     else:
-        fileout = ''
+        output = ''
 
-    if not fileout and \
+    if not output and \
        executable == sys.executable:
         # "file" command did not return anything; we'll try to provide
         # some sensible defaults then...
@@ -1045,6 +1040,9 @@ def architecture(executable=sys.executable,bits='',linkage=''):
                 linkage = l
         return bits, linkage
 
+    # Split the output into a list of strings omitting the filename
+    fileout = _architecture_split(output)[1:]
+
     if 'executable' not in fileout:
         # Format not supported
         return bits,linkage