From 5dbd77714a8c2309ae0d4e4e63fb81305c5ef9e9 2008-09-09 02:38:56
From: gvaroquaux <gvaroquaux@gvaroquaux-desktop>
Date: 2008-09-09 02:38:56
Subject: [PATCH] Fix vista bug: subprocess execution not working if not started from
cmd.exe.

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diff --git a/IPython/frontend/_process/killableprocess.py b/IPython/frontend/_process/killableprocess.py
index 86fbc6f..955482c 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/_process/killableprocess.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/_process/killableprocess.py
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ skip = False
 if mswindows:
     import platform
     if platform.uname()[3] == '' or platform.uname()[3] > '6.0.6000':
+        # Killable process does not work under vista when starting for
+        # something else than cmd.
         skip = True
     else:
         import winprocess