From 0855f12de83ba41bb5376811e00cf7606aed4723 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kris Maglione <kris@suckless.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:37:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [python] Call background programs with stdin=/dev/null.

---
 alternative_wmiircs/python/pygmi/util.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/alternative_wmiircs/python/pygmi/util.py b/alternative_wmiircs/python/pygmi/util.py
index a5fe7d44..66a34b14 100644
--- a/alternative_wmiircs/python/pygmi/util.py
+++ b/alternative_wmiircs/python/pygmi/util.py
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ def _():
 
 def call(*args, **kwargs):
     background = kwargs.pop('background', False)
+    stdin = subprocess.PIPE if not background else open('/dev/null', 'r')
     pipe  = subprocess.PIPE if not background else None
     input = kwargs.pop('input', None)
-    p = subprocess.Popen(args, stdin=pipe, stdout=pipe, stderr=pipe,
+    p = subprocess.Popen(args, stdin=stdin, stdout=pipe, stderr=pipe,
                          preexec_fn=lambda: signal.signal(signal.SIGPIPE, signal.SIG_DFL),
                          cwd=os.environ['HOME'], close_fds=True, **kwargs)
     if not background: