Re-implemented fix for #1531862 once again, in a way that works with Python 2.2. Fixes bug #1603424.

'void' instead of just a set of empty parentheses.

[Patch #1520904] Fix bsddb tests to write to the temp directory instead of the Lib/bsddb/test directory

and the module dict has been cleared already and some object
raises a warning (like in a __del__).

Will backport.

(will backport to 2.5)

to avoid relying on atexit.
Will backport to 2.5.

temporarily set or unset environment variables.

Will backport to 2.5.

[Rest of patch #1182394] Add ._current() method so that we can use the written-in-C .hexdigest() method

constant; this allows changing it in a subclass.  To accommodate this,
copy() now uses __class__.  Also add some text to a comment.

certain conditions.

Will backport to 2.5.

work correctly together with readline().

Will backport to 2.5.

Darn; this test works when you run test_pty.py directly, but fails when regrtest runs it (the os.read() raises os.error).  I can't figure out the cause, so am commenting out the test.

[Patch #827559 from Chris Gonnerman] Make SimpleHTTPServer redirect when a directory URL is missing the trailing slash; this lets relative links work.

the master should close the slave fd.

Added a test to test_pty.py that reads from the master_fd after doing
a pty.fork(); without the fix it hangs forever instead of raising an
exception.  (<crossing fingers for the buildbots>)

2.5 backport candidate.

Is there really no other way to read the umask than to set it?

Hope this works on Windows...

described, and add a test for it.

2.5 bugfix candidate, maybe; arguably this patch changes the API of
dumbdbm and shouldn't be added in a point-release.

Will backport.