Fix SF bug #1072182, problems with signed characters.
Most of these can be backported.
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index a08058f..b783573 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
if (strlen(msgbuf) > 0) { /* If Non-Empty Msg, Trim CRLF */
char *lastc = &msgbuf[ strlen(msgbuf)-1 ];
- while (lastc > msgbuf && isspace(*lastc))
+ while (lastc > msgbuf && isspace(Py_CHARMASK(*lastc)))
*lastc-- = '\0'; /* Trim Trailing Whitespace (CRLF) */
}