[Python-checkins] r51023 - in python/trunk: Lib/os.py Misc/NEWS

Tue Aug 1 20:49:25 CEST 2006

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Tue Aug 1 20:49:24 2006
New Revision: 51023
Modified:
 python/trunk/Lib/os.py
 python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
Log:
os.urandom no longer masks unrelated exceptions like SystemExit or
KeyboardInterrupt.
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/os.py
==============================================================================

--- python/trunk/Lib/os.py	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/os.py	Tue Aug 1 20:49:24 2006
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@
 """
 try:
 _urandomfd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY)
- except:
+ except (OSError, IOError):
 raise NotImplementedError("/dev/urandom (or equivalent) not found")
 bytes = ""
 while len(bytes) < n:
Modified: python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	Tue Aug 1 20:49:24 2006
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- os.urandom no longer masks unrelated exceptions like SystemExit or
+ KeyboardInterrupt.
+
 - Bug #1525866: Don't copy directory stat times in 
 shutil.copytree on Windows
 
