Stephen White stephen-python@randomstuff.org.uk added the comment:
Glad this is fixed. Attached is a Python 2.7 file that demonstrates the
problem in a pretty minimal way in case it is of any use to anyone.
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Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file25511/bad
Changes by Stephen White stephen-python@randomstuff.org.uk:
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http://bugs.python.org/issue13817
Stephen White stephen-python@randomstuff.org.uk added the comment:
Just to confirm that it was a release, but 2.7.1 so not the current. Doesn't
appear to happen in Python 2.7 (as shipped with Fedora Core 14) or in Python
2.7.2.
C:\\Python27\python.exe
Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Nov 27
Stephen White stephen-python@randomstuff.org.uk added the comment:
Debian appear to have applied this patch, and it seems to be causing problems:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=593461
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Stephen White stephen-python@randomstuff.org.uk added the comment:
The patch, issue762963.diff, is broken. It is calling mktime on a struct tm
that is initialized to zeros. This means that it should be filling in the
missing fields based on their correct values for the date 1st Jan 1900
Stephen White stephen-python@randomstuff.org.uk added the comment:
32bit apps can query the 64bit registry, using the appropriate security and
access rights options such as KEY_WOW64_64KEY (0x0100).
Similarly KEY_WOW64_32KEY can be used for 64bit apps to read/write the 32bit
registry