*** subprocess.py.ORIG	2010-09-07 06:27:20.000000000 -0700
--- subprocess.py	2011-10-28 16:54:17.328881200 -0700
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*** 608,613 ****
--- 608,617 ----
      return ''.join(result)
  
  
+ if mswindows:
+     import socket
+ 
+ 
  class Popen(object):
      def __init__(self, args, bufsize=0, executable=None,
                   stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None,
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--- 771,778 ----
                  p2cread, p2cwrite = _subprocess.CreatePipe(None, 0)
              elif isinstance(stdin, int):
                  p2cread = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdin)
+             elif isinstance(stdin, socket._socketobject):
+                 p2cread = stdin.fileno()
              else:
                  # Assuming file-like object
                  p2cread = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdin.fileno())
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*** 780,785 ****
--- 786,793 ----
                  c2pread, c2pwrite = _subprocess.CreatePipe(None, 0)
              elif isinstance(stdout, int):
                  c2pwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdout)
+             elif isinstance(stdout, socket._socketobject):
+                 c2pwrite = stdout.fileno()
              else:
                  # Assuming file-like object
                  c2pwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stdout.fileno())
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--- 803,810 ----
                  errwrite = c2pwrite
              elif isinstance(stderr, int):
                  errwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stderr)
+             elif isinstance(stderr, socket._socketobject):
+                 c2pwrite = stderr.fileno()
              else:
                  # Assuming file-like object
                  errwrite = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(stderr.fileno())