From e8a7a8f41e386426c00d27873690e29c2dd3b382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastien Bourdeauducq <sb@m-labs.hk>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:40:54 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] compiler: work around idiotic windoze behavior that causes
 conda ld.lld not to be found

---
 artiq/compiler/targets.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/artiq/compiler/targets.py b/artiq/compiler/targets.py
index 0c6ee3ee4..38e15b6cc 100644
--- a/artiq/compiler/targets.py
+++ b/artiq/compiler/targets.py
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ class RunTool:
         for argument in self._pattern:
             cmdline.append(argument.format(**self._tempnames))
 
+        # https://bugs.python.org/issue17023
+        windows = os.name == "nt"
         process = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                   universal_newlines=True)
+                                   universal_newlines=True, shell=windows)
         stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
         if process.returncode != 0:
             raise Exception("{} invocation failed: {}".