[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

Florent Xicluna added the comment: Ported to 2.6 with r79336 -- status: pending -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

Florent Xicluna added the comment: Fixed with r78722 on trunk. Pending backport to 2.6. -- resolution: -> fixed stage: needs patch -> committed/rejected status: open -> pending ___ Python tracker _

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

Florent Xicluna added the comment: confirmed on Win7 buildbot, when the tcl or tk test is run before test_wsgiref: == FAIL: test_simple_validation_error (test.test_wsgiref.IntegrationTests) -

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

Changes by Brian Curtin : -- components: +Windows keywords: +needs review nosy: +brian.curtin priority: -> normal stage: -> test needed type: -> behavior ___ Python tracker ___

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

Jon Foster added the comment: This bug also breaks code that uses the subprocess module, e.g.: env = os.environ.copy() env['MY_VARIABLE'] = 'MY_VAL' subprocess.Popen(... , env=env) Fails on Windows 7 with an error that the environment can only contain strings. The offending variables are TK_

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

Michał Pasternak added the comment: I hit that bug with Twisted too - I tried to use AMP: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/3931 -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

ivank added the comment: The bug on the Twisted side may be of interest: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/3964 -- nosy: +ivank ___ Python tracker ___

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

Changes by Sridhar Ratnakumar : -- nosy: +srid ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.pytho

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

Michał Pasternak added the comment: This patch works OK for me (Vista Home Premium + Python 2.6), thanks! -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

Gabriel Genellina added the comment: This patch may solve this issue, but I don't have a Vista install to test it. -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file15335/FixTk.diff ___ Python tracker ___

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

Tim Hatch added the comment: I'm running the exact same version as Gabriel (on Windows 7, 32 bit) from the python.org installer, and have the same behavior as Michał. Checking FixTk.py it appears that on Vista and above, it calls the Win32 API GetFinalPathNameByHandleW to expand symbolic links,

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

Gabriel Genellina added the comment: I cannot reproduce it with the python.org version: Python 2.6.2 (r262:71605, Apr 14 2009, 22:40:02) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. py> import Tkinter py> import os py> os.environ['

[issue6906] Tkinter sets an unicode environment variable on win32

New submission from Michał Pasternak : Hi, I was recently playing with txAmpoule & Twisted on win32. When Twisted spawns processess, the environment is checked for unicode variables (and an exception is raised in case of). Then it came to my attention, that importing Tkinter on win32 sets an