news for 6643

4d419689 · Gregory P. Smith · 96c886ce · 4d419689
Commit 4d419689 authored Jan 03, 2011 by Gregory P. Smith
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+- Issue #6643: Reinitialize locks held within the threading module after fork
+  to avoid a potential rare deadlock or crash on some platforms.
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 - Issue #10806, issue #9905: Fix subprocess pipes when some of the standard
  file descriptors (0, 1, 2) are closed in the parent process.  Initial
  patch by Ross Lagerwall.