[New-bugs-announce] [issue34530] distutils: find_executable() fails if the PATH environment variable is not set

[STINNER Victor]

New submission from STINNER Victor <vstinner at redhat.com>:

Example:

$ env -i ./python -c 'import distutils.spawn; print(distutils.spawn.find_executable("true"))'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/vstinner/prog/python/master/Lib/distutils/spawn.py", line 176, in find_executable
    path = os.environ['PATH']
  File "/home/vstinner/prog/python/master/Lib/os.py", line 672, in __getitem__
    raise KeyError(key) from None
KeyError: 'PATH'


Attached PR fixes the issue for the master branch.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 324245
nosy: vstinner
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: distutils: find_executable() fails if the PATH environment variable is not set
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8

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