Issue #5016: FileIO.seekable() could return False if the file position
was negative when truncated to a C int. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 21b4a9b..d1b1463 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
- The error detection code in FileIO.close() could fail to reflect the `errno`
value, and report it as -1 instead.
+- Issue #5016: FileIO.seekable() could return False if the file position
+ was negative when truncated to a C int. Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 1
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