subprocess: stdout set to subprocess.STDOUT is incorrectly handled · Issue #98966 · python/cpython · GitHub

Bug report

import subprocess
subprocess.run('true', stdout=subprocess.STDOUT, cwd='./')

Expected output:

Some kind of error stating that the stdout argument cannot take a subprocess.STDOUT. That subprocess.STDOUT is only valid for stderr

Actual output:

OSError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor: './'

I reproduce this with the latest Python main branch as well as Python 3.10 but I see no indication this issue was ever addressed

pythongh-98966: Handle stdout=subprocess.STDOUT

gh-98966: Handle stdout=subprocess.STDOUT (GH-98967)

Squashed commit of the following:

pythongh-98966: Handle stdout=subprocess.STDOUT (pythonGH-98967)