Index: Objects/fileobject.c
===================================================================
--- Objects/fileobject.c	(revision 67739)
+++ Objects/fileobject.c	(working copy)
@@ -2336,12 +2336,21 @@
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		univ_newline = ((PyFileObject *)fobj)->f_univ_newline;
-		if ( !univ_newline )
+		if ( !univ_newline ) {
+			/* Issue #1706039: Support continued reading from a file even after
+			 * EOF was hit.
+			 */
+			clearerr(stream);
 			return fgets(buf, n, stream);
+		}
 		newlinetypes = ((PyFileObject *)fobj)->f_newlinetypes;
 		skipnextlf = ((PyFileObject *)fobj)->f_skipnextlf;
 	}
 	FLOCKFILE(stream);
+	/* Issue #1706039: Support continued reading from a file even after
+	 * EOF was hit.
+	 */
+	clearerr(stream);
 	c = 'x'; /* Shut up gcc warning */
 	while (--n > 0 && (c = GETC(stream)) != EOF ) {
 		if (skipnextlf ) {
@@ -2424,6 +2433,10 @@
 		errno = ENXIO;	/* What can you do... */
 		return 0;
 	}
+	/* Issue #1706039: Support continued reading from a file even after
+	 * EOF was hit.
+	 */
+	clearerr(stream);
 	if (!f->f_univ_newline)
 		return fread(buf, 1, n, stream);
 	newlinetypes = f->f_newlinetypes;