diff -rpu python2.1-2.1.2/Modules/readline.c
./t/python2.1-2.1.2/Modules/readline.c
--- python2.1-2.1.2/Modules/readline.c  Wed Jul 11 05:18:24 2001
+++ ../t/python2.1-2.1.2/Modules/readline.c     Thu Jan 31 21:49:56 2002
@@ -480,11 +480,16 @@ DL_EXPORT(void)
 initreadline(void)
 {
        PyObject *m;
+        FILE *sys_stdin;
 
        m = Py_InitModule4("readline", readline_methods, doc_module,
                           (PyObject *)NULL, PYTHON_API_VERSION);
-       if (isatty(fileno(stdin))) {
+
+        sys_stdin = PyFile_AsFile (PySys_GetObject ("stdin"));  
+        
+       if (isatty(fileno(sys_stdin))) {
                PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer = call_readline;
+                rl_instream = sys_stdin;
                setup_readline();
        }
 }
diff -rpu python2.1-2.1.2/Python/bltinmodule.c
./t/python2.1-2.1.2/Python/bltinmodule.c
--- python2.1-2.1.2/Python/bltinmodule.c        Wed May 23 05:46:45 2001
+++ ../t/python2.1-2.1.2/Python/bltinmodule.c   Thu Jan 31 21:25:56 2002
@@ -1728,9 +1728,8 @@ builtin_raw_input(PyObject *self, PyObje
 
        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O:[raw_]input", &v))
                return NULL;
-       if (PyFile_AsFile(PySys_GetObject("stdin")) == stdin &&
-           PyFile_AsFile(PySys_GetObject("stdout")) == stdout &&
-           isatty(fileno(stdin)) && isatty(fileno(stdout))) {
+       if (isatty(fileno(PyFile_AsFile(PySys_GetObject("stdin")))) &&
+           isatty(fileno(PyFile_AsFile(PySys_GetObject("stdout"))))) {
                PyObject *po;
                char *prompt;
                char *s;