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| -rw-r--r-- | paramiko/proxy.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/paramiko/proxy.py b/paramiko/proxy.py index ea481bca..059ba83e 100644 --- a/paramiko/proxy.py +++ b/paramiko/proxy.py @@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ from datetime import datetime import os from shlex import split as shlsplit import signal -try: - from subprocess import Popen, PIPE -except ImportError: - # Subprocess module doesn't work on Google App Engine. - Popen = PIPE = None from select import select import socket import time @@ -53,6 +48,9 @@ class ProxyCommand(ClosingContextManager): :param str command_line: the command that should be executed and used as the proxy. """ + # NOTE: subprocess import done lazily so platforms without it (e.g. + # GAE) can still import us during overall Paramiko load. + from subprocess import Popen, PIPE self.cmd = shlsplit(command_line) self.process = Popen(self.cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, bufsize=0) |