Index: Lib/subprocess.py
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--- Lib/subprocess.py	(revision 46972)
+++ Lib/subprocess.py	(working copy)
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@
 
 
         def _close_fds(self, but):
-            for i in range(3, MAXFD):
+            for i in xrange(3, MAXFD):
                 if i == but:
                     continue
                 try:
Index: Lib/popen2.py
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--- Lib/popen2.py	(revision 46972)
+++ Lib/popen2.py	(working copy)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     def _run_child(self, cmd):
         if isinstance(cmd, basestring):
             cmd = ['/bin/sh', '-c', cmd]
-        for i in range(3, MAXFD):
+        for i in xrange(3, MAXFD):
             try:
                 os.close(i)
             except OSError: