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diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 72fe0cf1cba76729364b0e41cb2a4b33857f7f26..978b640e69584a6c201d53ef400f581341d43ecf 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ Caolan McNamara
 Craig McPheeters
 Lambert Meertens
 Bill van Melle
+Luke Mewburn
 Mike Meyer
 Steven Miale
 Trent Mick

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 249ce0468ce3230fcddb97e41e283d7cf5b76de8..5c60dca13a51291da43ecb00238a8dc158e3bf1f 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.4 beta 1?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Patch #975056: Restartable signals were not correctly disabled on 
+  BSD systems. Consistently use PyOS_setsig() instead of signal().
+
 - The internal portable implementation of thread-local storage (TLS), used
   by the ``PyGILState_Ensure()``/``PyGILState_Release()`` API, was not
   thread-correct.  This could lead to a variety of problems, up to and