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authorPJ Eby <distutils-sig@python.org>2006-10-24 18:37:04 +0000
committerPJ Eby <distutils-sig@python.org>2006-10-24 18:37:04 +0000
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Fixed not allowing ``os.open()`` of paths outside the sandbox, even if they
are opened read-only (e.g. reading ``/dev/urandom`` for random numbers, as is done by ``os.urandom()`` on some platforms). (backport from trunk) --HG-- branch : setuptools-0.6 extra : convert_revision : svn%3A6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771/sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6%4052438
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* Allow explicit selection of Sourceforge mirror(s) with ``--sf-mirror``, and
further refine download/retry algorithm.
+ * Fixed not allowing ``os.open()`` of paths outside the sandbox, even if they
+ are opened read-only (e.g. reading ``/dev/urandom`` for random numbers, as
+ is done by ``os.urandom()`` on some platforms).
+
0.6c3
* You once again use "python -m easy_install" with Python 2.4 and above.