Issue 30746: Reject environment variable names containing '=' (original) (raw)

This issue has been migrated to GitHub: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/74931

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Created on 2017-06-24 19:05 by serhiy.storchaka, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg296781 - (view)	Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) *	Date: 2017-06-24 19:05
Environment variable names shouldn't contain the '=' character, because it often is used as a separator between a name and a value. There is an exception -- starting '=' on Windows is used for defining "hidden" environment variables. Using names containing '=' in environment dict in subprocess is prohibited in . Proposed PR prohibits names containing '=' in two other cases: in os.putenv() and os.spawn*(). It fixes the part of .
msg296802 - (view)	Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) *	Date: 2017-06-25 04:33
New changeset 77703942c5997dff00c48f10df1b29b11645624c by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'master': bpo-30746: Prohibited the '=' character in environment variable names (#2382) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/77703942c5997dff00c48f10df1b29b11645624c
msg296811 - (view)	Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) *	Date: 2017-06-25 06:48
New changeset af5392f5c6f8014659e995840df6ee7b5017f743 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'master': bpo-30746: Port more tests for os.spawnvpe() and os.execve() from 2.7. (#2394) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/af5392f5c6f8014659e995840df6ee7b5017f743
msg296812 - (view)	Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) *	Date: 2017-06-25 06:49
New changeset 9c2dc0c58a878ac3d1c44dd0048f8e1cfab2790e by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '3.6': [3.6] bpo-30746: Prohibited the '=' character in environment variable names (GH-2382) (#2391) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9c2dc0c58a878ac3d1c44dd0048f8e1cfab2790e
msg296813 - (view)	Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) *	Date: 2017-06-25 06:49
New changeset 99e9eb6111ef6a11bfff358866c9f2b0c201ac08 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '3.5': [3.5] bpo-30746: Prohibited the '=' character in environment variable names (GH-2382) (#2392) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/99e9eb6111ef6a11bfff358866c9f2b0c201ac08
msg296814 - (view)	Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) *	Date: 2017-06-25 06:50
New changeset 787826c9316b03ac8a197078ec1cdf98fa840c5c by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '2.7': [2.7] bpo-30746: Prohibited the '=' character in environment variable names (GH-2382) (#2393) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/787826c9316b03ac8a197078ec1cdf98fa840c5c