[Python-Dev] Python 2.5.1

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> I have a patch myself that creates an open file and uses that as the
> test. My reasoning is that pagefile.sys was chosen as a file that
> should always exist and be open, so its safe to test against, so we
> should just be testing against a fixture, instead. It is here, and if
> someone would reference a SF bug report, I'll attach to it, as well.

There must be more to the problem than just an open file. Please undo
the change that triggered the addition of the test, and see whether you
can reproduce the original problem with an arbitrary open file (I
could trigger the problem with pagefile.sys at the time).

Regards,
Martin