bpo-31334: Fix timeout in select.poll.poll() (GH-3277)
Always pass -1, or INFTIM where defined, to the poll() system call when
a negative timeout is passed to the poll.poll([timeout]) method in the
select module. Various OSes throw an error with arbitrary negative
values.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
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@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@
Robbie Clemons
Steve Clift
Hervé Coatanhay
+Riccardo Coccioli
Nick Coghlan
Josh Cogliati
Dave Cole
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-09-04-00-22-31.bpo-31334.9WYRfi.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-09-04-00-22-31.bpo-31334.9WYRfi.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix ``poll.poll([timeout])`` in the ``select`` module for arbitrary negative
+timeouts on all OSes where it can only be a non-negative integer or -1.
+Patch by Riccardo Coccioli.