Ross Lagerwall added the comment:

It's caused by the following check in _posixsubprocess.c:
    if (close_fds && errpipe_write < 3) {  /* precondition */
        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "errpipe_write must be >= 3");
        return NULL;
    }

which was written by Gregory P. Smith in 2010 (adding to nosy list).

I'm not entirely sure why this check is here, presumably its due to the way 
close_fds=True is handled.

The close fds logic is also hardcoded to close fds from 3 upwards,.

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nosy: +gregory.p.smith

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