Message 211138 - Python tracker

Message211138

Author	vstinner
Recipients	brian.curtin, serhiy.storchaka, tim.golden, vstinner
Date	2014-02-13.10:26:04
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Message-id	<1392287165.51.0.792620084259.issue20614@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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On Windows, if Python is started with an empty environment (no environment variable at all), Python fails with: "Fatal Python error: Failed to initialize Windows random API (CryptoGen)" It's the Windows error 0x80090006 which is not displayed in the error message :-( In fact, it's because Python 3 cannot be started without SYSTEMROOT environment variable. Otherwise, CryptAcquireContext() is unable to find some DLL. IMO the script_helper should be fixed to copy the variable. Recent example of this issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue20599#msg211111

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On Windows, if Python is started with an empty environment (no environment variable at all), Python fails with:

"Fatal Python error: Failed to initialize Windows random API (CryptoGen)"

It's the Windows error 0x80090006 which is not displayed in the error message :-(

In fact, it's because Python 3 cannot be started without SYSTEMROOT environment variable. Otherwise, CryptAcquireContext() is unable to find some DLL.

IMO the script_helper should be fixed to copy the variable.

Recent example of this issue:
http://bugs.python.org/issue20599#msg211111

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Date	User	Action	Args
2014-02-13 10:26:05	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, tim.golden, brian.curtin, serhiy.storchaka
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2014-02-13 10:26:04	vstinner	create