Patch #1407135, bug #1424041, make mmap.mmap(-1, length) work the same
on both Unix (SVR4 and BSD) and Windows. Restores behaviour of passing -1
for anonymous memory on Unix. Use MAP_ANONYMOUS instead of _ANON since
the latter is deprecated according to Linux (gentoo) man pages.
Should we continue to allow mmap.mmap(0, length) to work on Windows?
0 is a valid fd.
Will backport bugfix portions.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7fe0393..1e828d6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@
Extension Modules
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+- Patch #1407135, bug #1424041: harmonize mmap behavior of anonymous memory.
+ mmap.mmap(-1, size) now returns anonymous memory in both Unix and Windows.
+ mmap.mmap(0, size) should not be used on Windows for anonymous memory.
+
- Patch #1422385: The nis module now supports access to domains other
than the system default domain.