From: Gregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:33:55 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: news entry for r76000
X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~173
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=38f5d8fcc24f0ec04b8171cbde62d50238b69fa8;p=python

news entry for r76000
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3fc9358386..aa0c8945dd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -423,6 +423,12 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #7246 & Issue #7208: getpass now properly flushes input before
+  reading from stdin so that existing input does not confuse it and
+  lead to incorrect entry or an IOError.  It also properly flushes it
+  afterwards to avoid the terminal echoing the input afterwards on
+  OSes such as Solaris.
+
 - Issue #7233: Fix a number of two-argument Decimal methods to make
   sure that they accept an int or long as the second argument.  Also
   fix buggy handling of large arguments (those with coefficient longer