[issue13196] subprocess: undocumented if shell=True is necessary to find executable in Windows PATH

New submission from anatoly techtonik techtonik@gmail.com:
The reason I ask is this changeset - http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/source/detail?spec=svne5d86b685619a470d59... - seems like without shell=True, subprocess.Popen is unable to find Mercurial executable in PATH.
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anatoly techtonik techtonik@gmail.com added the comment:
Tracker is buggy - proper link to the changeset - http://bit.ly/qT1o4g
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STINNER Victor victor.stinner@haypocalc.com added the comment:
Can't you merge this issue with #13195?
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anatoly techtonik techtonik@gmail.com added the comment:
Although they both touch the same components, they are completely different user stories.
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Changes by Ross Lagerwall rosslagerwall@gmail.com:
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Changes by Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis Arfrever.FTA@GMail.Com:
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Martin Panter added the comment:
It is hard to make sense of this without decoding your URLs, downloading the repository and finding the relevant commit. Anyway, what you have posted sounds like a duplicate of Issue 8557.
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participants (5)
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anatoly techtonik
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Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
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Martin Panter
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Ross Lagerwall
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STINNER Victor