--- a/hgext/convert/cvs.py	Tue Oct 30 16:54:25 2007 -0700
+++ b/hgext/convert/cvs.py	Thu Nov 01 12:05:14 2007 +0100
@@ -43,14 +43,13 @@
                     cmd = '%s -d "1970/01/01 00:00:01" -d "%s"' % (cmd, self.rev)
                 except util.Abort:
                     raise util.Abort('revision %s is not a patchset number or date' % self.rev)
-        cmd += " 2>&1"
 
         d = os.getcwd()
         try:
             os.chdir(self.path)
             id = None
             state = 0
-            for l in os.popen(cmd):
+            for l in util.popen(cmd):
                 if state == 0: # header
                     if l.startswith("PatchSet"):
                         id = l[9:-2]

--- a/hgext/convert/darcs.py	Tue Oct 30 16:54:25 2007 -0700
+++ b/hgext/convert/darcs.py	Thu Nov 01 12:05:14 2007 +0100
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@
         cmdline += args
         cmdline = [util.shellquote(arg) for arg in cmdline]
         cmdline += ['<', util.nulldev]
-        cmdline = util.quotecommand(' '.join(cmdline))
+        cmdline = ' '.join(cmdline)
         self.ui.debug(cmdline, '\n')
-        return os.popen(cmdline, 'r')
+        return util.popen(cmdline)
 
     def run(self, cmd, *args, **kwargs):
         fp = self._run(cmd, *args, **kwargs)

--- a/hgext/convert/git.py	Tue Oct 30 16:54:25 2007 -0700
+++ b/hgext/convert/git.py	Thu Nov 01 12:05:14 2007 +0100
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             prevgitdir = os.environ.get('GIT_DIR')
             os.environ['GIT_DIR'] = self.path
             try:
-                return os.popen(s)
+                return util.popen(s)
             finally:
                 if prevgitdir is None:
                     del os.environ['GIT_DIR']
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                     os.environ['GIT_DIR'] = prevgitdir
     else:
         def gitcmd(self, s):
-            return os.popen('GIT_DIR=%s %s' % (self.path, s))
+            return util.popen('GIT_DIR=%s %s' % (self.path, s))
 
     def __init__(self, ui, path, rev=None):
         super(convert_git, self).__init__(ui, path, rev=rev)
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
 
     def catfile(self, rev, type):
         if rev == "0" * 40: raise IOError()
-        fh = self.gitcmd("git-cat-file %s %s 2>%s" % (type, rev,
-                                                      util.nulldev))
+        fh = self.gitcmd("git-cat-file %s %s" % (type, rev))
         return fh.read()
 
     def getfile(self, name, rev):
@@ -108,8 +107,7 @@
 
     def gettags(self):
         tags = {}
-        fh = self.gitcmd('git-ls-remote --tags "%s" 2>%s' % (self.path,
-                                                             util.nulldev))
+        fh = self.gitcmd('git-ls-remote --tags "%s"' % self.path)
         prefix = 'refs/tags/'
         for line in fh:
             line = line.strip()

--- a/mercurial/patch.py	Tue Oct 30 16:54:25 2007 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/patch.py	Thu Nov 01 12:05:14 2007 +0100
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
     fuzz = False
     if cwd:
         args.append('-d %s' % util.shellquote(cwd))
-    fp = os.popen('%s %s -p%d < %s' % (patcher, ' '.join(args), strip,
+    fp = util.popen('%s %s -p%d < %s' % (patcher, ' '.join(args), strip,
                                        util.shellquote(patchname)))
 
     for line in fp:

--- a/mercurial/util.py	Tue Oct 30 16:54:25 2007 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Thu Nov 01 12:05:14 2007 +0100
@@ -1011,6 +1011,13 @@
         # through the current COMSPEC. cmd.exe suppress enclosing quotes.
         return '"' + cmd + '"'
 
+    def popen(command):
+        # Work around "popen spawned process may not write to stdout
+        # under windows"
+        # http://bugs.python.org/issue1366
+        command += " 2> %s" % nulldev
+        return os.popen(quotecommand(command))
+
     def explain_exit(code):
         return _("exited with status %d") % code, code
 
@@ -1168,6 +1175,9 @@
     def quotecommand(cmd):
         return cmd
 
+    def popen(command):
+        return os.popen(command)
+
     def testpid(pid):
         '''return False if pid dead, True if running or not sure'''
         if os.sys.platform == 'OpenVMS':

--- a/mercurial/version.py	Tue Oct 30 16:54:25 2007 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/version.py	Thu Nov 01 12:05:14 2007 +0100
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     """Store version information."""
     global remembered_version
     if not version and os.path.isdir(".hg"):
-        f = os.popen("hg identify 2> %s" % util.nulldev)  # use real hg installation
+        f = util.popen("hg identify")  # use real hg installation
         ident = f.read()[:-1]
         if not f.close() and ident:
             ids = ident.split(' ', 1)