Vinson Lee added the comment:
The regression is introduced with this commit.
commit fa06e2bb13a3e67a0641025483efb19ef569dbd9
Author: Victor Stinner
Date: Thu Jul 24 12:22:24 2014 +0200
Issue #19884: readline: Disable the meta modifier key if stdout is not a
terminal to not write the
Berker Peksag added the comment:
This looks like a duplicate of issue 19884.
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nosy: +berker.peksag
resolution: -> duplicate
stage: -> resolved
status: open -> closed
superseder: -> Importing readline produces erroneous output
type: -> behavior
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New submission from Vinson Lee:
test_readline regressed from Python 2.7.8 to Python 2.7.9 on CentOS 6
Python 2.7.8
$ ./python -m test.regrtest test_readline
test_readline
1 test OK.
Python 2.7.9
$ ./python -m test.regrtest test_readline
[1/1] test_readline
test test_readline failed -- Traceback
