From a5c232ae0bacde3d4807bb4cc76dc67c58bbc83f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Domingo <alex.domingo.toro@vub.be>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:03:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] attach /dev/null to STDIN on run_shell_cmd without input
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---
 easybuild/tools/run.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/easybuild/tools/run.py b/easybuild/tools/run.py
index 78051c9ff3..5bb5d863f4 100644
--- a/easybuild/tools/run.py
+++ b/easybuild/tools/run.py
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ def to_cmd_str(cmd):
         executable, shell = None, False
 
     stderr_handle = subprocess.PIPE if split_stderr else subprocess.STDOUT
-    stdin_handle = subprocess.PIPE if stdin or qa_patterns else None
+    stdin_handle = subprocess.PIPE if stdin or qa_patterns else subprocess.DEVNULL
 
     log_msg = f"Running {interactive_msg}shell command '{cmd_str}' in {work_dir}"
     if thread_id: