[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS, 1.1193.2.62, 1.1193.2.63

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Modified Files:
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	NEWS 
Log Message:
backporting fix by tim_one:
"""
SF bug #1238681:  freed pointer is used in longobject.c:long_pow().

In addition, long_pow() skipped a necessary (albeit extremely unlikely
to trigger) error check when converting an int modulus to long.

Alas, I was unable to write a test case that crashed due to either
cause.
"""



Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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diff -u -d -r1.1193.2.62 -r1.1193.2.63
--- NEWS	17 Jul 2005 20:26:33 -0000	1.1193.2.62
+++ NEWS	18 Jul 2005 07:24:35 -0000	1.1193.2.63
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- SF bug #1238681:  freed pointer is used in longobject.c:long_pow().
+
 - SF bug #1185883:  Python's small-object memory allocator took over
   a block managed by the platform C library whenever a realloc specified
   a small new size.  However, there's no portable way to know then how