Guard against the process redirecting stdout. Closes #3967.

mesonbuild · Sep 5, 2018 · 277f39d · 277f39d
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diff --git a/mesonbuild/mtest.py b/mesonbuild/mtest.py
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ def preexec_fn():
                 except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                     stdo = b'Test process could not be killed.'
                     stde = b''
+            except ValueError:
+                stdo = b'Could not read output. Maybe process has redirected its stdout/stderr?'
+                stde = b''
         endtime = time.time()
         duration = endtime - starttime
         stdo = decode(stdo)