Google Test's Python tests now pass on Solaris.

test/gtest_test_utils.py

@@ -194,23 +194,28 @@ def GetExitStatus(exit_code):
 
 
 class Subprocess:
-  def __init__(self, command, working_dir=None, capture_stderr=True):
+  def __init__(self, command, working_dir=None, capture_stderr=True, env=None):
     """Changes into a specified directory, if provided, and executes a command.
-    Restores the old directory afterwards. Execution results are returned
-    via the following attributes:
-      terminated_by_sygnal   True iff the child process has been terminated
-                             by a signal.
-      signal                 Sygnal that terminated the child process.
-      exited                 True iff the child process exited normally.
-      exit_code              The code with which the child proces exited.
-      output                 Child process's stdout and stderr output
-                             combined in a string.
+
+    Restores the old directory afterwards.
 
     Args:
       command:        The command to run, in the form of sys.argv.
       working_dir:    The directory to change into.
       capture_stderr: Determines whether to capture stderr in the output member
                       or to discard it.
+      env:            Dictionary with environment to pass to the subprocess.
+
+    Returns:
+      An object that represents outcome of the executed process. It has the
+      following attributes:
+        terminated_by_signal   True iff the child process has been terminated
+                               by a signal.
+        signal                 Sygnal that terminated the child process.
+        exited                 True iff the child process exited normally.
+        exit_code              The code with which the child process exited.
+        output                 Child process's stdout and stderr output
+                               combined in a string.
     """
 
     # The subprocess module is the preferrable way of running programs
@@ -228,13 +233,30 @@ class Subprocess:
 
       p = subprocess.Popen(command,
                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=stderr,
-                           cwd=working_dir, universal_newlines=True)
+                           cwd=working_dir, universal_newlines=True, env=env)
       # communicate returns a tuple with the file obect for the child's
       # output.
       self.output = p.communicate()[0]
       self._return_code = p.returncode
     else:
       old_dir = os.getcwd()
+
+      def _ReplaceEnvDict(dest, src):
+        # Changes made by os.environ.clear are not inheritable by child
+        # processes until Python 2.6. To produce inheritable changes we have
+        # to delete environment items with the del statement.
+        for key in dest:
+          del dest[key]
+        dest.update(src)
+
+      # When 'env' is not None, backup the environment variables and replace
+      # them with the passed 'env'. When 'env' is None, we simply use the
+      # current 'os.environ' for compatibility with the subprocess.Popen
+      # semantics used above.
+      if env is not None:
+        old_environ = os.environ.copy()
+        _ReplaceEnvDict(os.environ, env)
+
       try:
         if working_dir is not None:
           os.chdir(working_dir)
@@ -247,6 +269,12 @@ class Subprocess:
         ret_code = p.wait()
       finally:
         os.chdir(old_dir)
+
+        # Restore the old environment variables
+        # if they were replaced.
+        if env is not None:
+          _ReplaceEnvDict(os.environ, old_environ)
+
       # Converts ret_code to match the semantics of
       # subprocess.Popen.returncode.
       if os.WIFSIGNALED(ret_code):