# HG changeset patch
# Parent cd4fd7a02ce26e427fc4fc82be850bea13fcce96
# User Brian Birtles <birtles@gmail.com>
Replace commands.getstatusoutput with cross-platform version

diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -32,16 +32,29 @@ def exit(code, *message):
       sys.stderr.write(message[0] + '\n')
   sys.exit(code)
 
 def native_path(s):
   if exists("/usr/bin/cygpath.exe"):
     return commands.getoutput("cygpath -a -w %s" % s)
   return s
 
+# Multiplatform alternative to commands.getstatusoutput from
+# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1193583/what-is-the-multiplatform-alternative-to-subprocess-getstatusoutput-older-comma
+def getstatusoutput(cmd): 
+  """Return (status, output) of executing cmd in a shell."""
+  """This new implementation should work on all platforms."""
+  import subprocess
+  pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True,
+                          universal_newlines=True)  
+  output = "".join(pipe.stdout.readlines()) 
+  sts = pipe.returncode
+  if sts is None: sts = 0
+  return sts, output
+
 # could allow this to be passed in:
 repo_dir = os.getcwd()
 
 master_dir = join(repo_dir, 'master')
 build_dir = join(repo_dir, 'build')
 publish_dir = join(build_dir, 'publish')
 tools_dir = normpath(join(repo_dir, '..', 'svg2-tools'))
 publishjs_dir = join(tools_dir, 'publish')
@@ -101,17 +114,17 @@ if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] ==
       os.rmdir(join(parent, dir))
   sys.exit(0)
 
 new_build = len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == "-n"
 
 # Get all the pages from publish.xml:
 
 os.chdir(master_dir)
-status, output = commands.getstatusoutput("node \"" +
+status, output = getstatusoutput("node \"" +
     native_path(join(tools_dir, "publish/publish.js")) + "\" --list-pages")
 os.chdir(repo_dir)
 if status != 0:
   exit(1, 'FAIL: could not get list of specification pages')
 
 all = output.split()
 
 # Build svg.idlx as required: