#Issue2835: Correct an infinite recursion in webbrowser.open(), when KDE Konqueror is tried.

2008-05-12 14:41:00 +00:00 · 2008-05-12 14:41:00 +00:00 · 2b2b44dc2c
parent 0740459248
commit 2b2b44dc2c
2 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/Lib/webbrowser.py
+++ b/Lib/webbrowser.py
@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ class Konqueror(BaseBrowser):
        else:
            action = "openURL"

-        devnull = open(os.devnull, "r+")
+        import io
+        devnull = io.open(os.devnull, "r+")
        # if possible, put browser in separate process group, so
        # keyboard interrupts don't affect browser as well as Python
        setsid = getattr(os, 'setsid', None)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------

+- Issue 2865: webbrowser.open() works again in a KDE environment.
+
 - The multifile module has been removed.

 - The SocketServer module has been renamed to socketserver.