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authorGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2008-08-17 23:01:11 (GMT)
committerGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2008-08-17 23:01:11 (GMT)
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Backport of r65032 from trunk
Fixes Issue #874900: after an os.fork() call the threading module state is cleaned up in the child process to prevent deadlock and report proper thread counts if the new process uses the threading module.
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- Issue #2113: Fix error in subprocess.Popen if the select system call is
interrupted by a signal.
+- Issue #874900: after an os.fork() call the threading module state is cleaned
+ up in the child process to prevent deadlock and report proper thread counts
+ if the new process uses the threading module.
+
Extension Modules
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