os.urandom no longer masks unrelated exceptions like SystemExit or

KeyboardInterrupt.
2006-08-01 18:49:24 +00:00 · 2006-08-01 18:49:24 +00:00 · 07fec3aa5a
parent 86e1e38059
commit 07fec3aa5a
2 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ if not _exists("urandom"):
        """
        try:
            _urandomfd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY)
-        except:
+        except (OSError, IOError):
            raise NotImplementedError("/dev/urandom (or equivalent) not found")
        bytes = ""
        while len(bytes) < n:
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ Core and builtins
 Library
 -------

+- os.urandom no longer masks unrelated exceptions like SystemExit or
+  KeyboardInterrupt.
+
 - Bug #1525866: Don't copy directory stat times in 
  shutil.copytree on Windows