--- Lib/subprocess.py.ori 2011-03-10 07:53:15.000000000 +0000 +++ Lib/subprocess.py 2011-03-10 08:03:32.000000000 +0000 @@ -711,8 +711,6 @@ if errread != -1: errread = msvcrt.open_osfhandle(errread.Detach(), 0) - if bufsize == 0: - bufsize = 1 # Nearly unbuffered (XXX for now) if p2cwrite != -1: self.stdin = io.open(p2cwrite, 'wb', bufsize) if self.universal_newlines: