diff --git a/Lib/test/test_file.py b/Lib/test/test_file.py
index b4f494b..ed100c1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_file.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_file.py
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
         self.assert_(repr(self.f).startswith("<open file '" + TESTFN))
 
     def testErrors(self):
+        self.f.close()
+        self.f = open(TESTFN, 'rb')
         f = self.f
         self.assertEquals(f.name, TESTFN)
         self.assert_(not f.isatty())
@@ -123,6 +125,40 @@
     def testReadWhenWriting(self):
         self.assertRaises(IOError, self.f.read)
 
+    def testIssue5677(self):
+        # Remark: Do not perform more than one test per open file,
+        # since that does NOT catch the readline error on Windows.
+        data = 'xxx'
+        for mode in ['w', 'wb', 'a', 'ab']:
+            for attr in ['read', 'readline', 'readlines']:
+                self.f = open(TESTFN, mode)
+                self.f.write(data)
+                self.assertRaises(IOError, getattr(self.f, attr))
+                self.f.close()
+
+            self.f = open(TESTFN, mode)
+            self.f.write(data)
+            self.assertRaises(IOError, lambda: [line for line in self.f])
+            self.f.close()
+
+            self.f = open(TESTFN, mode)
+            self.f.write(data)
+            self.assertRaises(IOError, self.f.readinto, bytearray(len(data)))
+            self.f.close()
+
+        for mode in ['r', 'rb', 'U', 'Ub', 'Ur', 'rU', 'rbU', 'rUb']:
+            self.f = open(TESTFN, mode)
+            self.assertRaises(IOError, self.f.write, data)
+            self.f.close()
+
+            self.f = open(TESTFN, mode)
+            self.assertRaises(IOError, self.f.writelines, [data, data])
+            self.f.close()
+
+            self.f = open(TESTFN, mode)
+            self.assertRaises(IOError, self.f.truncate)
+            self.f.close()
+
 class OtherFileTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def testOpenDir(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
index a882984..149f473 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
         # enumerate
         check(enumerate([]), size(h + 'l3P'))
         # file
-        check(self.file, size(h + '4P2i4P3i3Pi'))
+        check(self.file, size(h + '4P2i4P3i3P3i'))
         # float
         check(float(0), size(h + 'd'))
         # sys.floatinfo