[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS, 1.1193.2.87, 1.1193.2.88

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	NEWS 
Log Message:
backport patch [ 756021 ] Allow socket.inet_aton("255.255.255.255") on Windows



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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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diff -u -d -r1.1193.2.87 -r1.1193.2.88
--- NEWS	26 Aug 2005 06:43:16 -0000	1.1193.2.87
+++ NEWS	26 Aug 2005 08:33:28 -0000	1.1193.2.88
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Patch #756021: Special-case socket.inet_aton('255.255.255.255') for
+  platforms that don't have inet_aton().
+
 - Bug #1215928: Fix bz2.BZ2File.seek() for 64-bit file offsets.
 
 - Bug #1191043: Fix bz2.BZ2File.(x)readlines() for files containing one line