[issue1557] import distutils.msvccompiler hangs when the environment is too large

[Thomas Heller]

New submission from Thomas Heller:

'Python -c "import distutils.msvccompiler"' hangs when the environment
is too large.  This is because in Lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py, line
258, popen.wait() does not return because the subprocess does not
terminate (probably because the stdout buffersize is too small).  This
causes the win64-buildbot to hang.

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components: Distutils, Windows
keywords: py3k
messages: 58217
nosy: theller
severity: urgent
status: open
title: import distutils.msvccompiler hangs when the environment is too large
versions: Python 3.0

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