From: Gregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 21:09:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: news for 6643
X-Git-Tag: v3.2rc1~215
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4d419689049411d7b648e73fc9b3859488aa26a1;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

news for 6643
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 017668743d00..e9ba09609025 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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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.
+
 - 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.