Index: Modules/mmapmodule.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Modules/mmapmodule.c,v
retrieving revision 2.45
diff -c -r2.45 mmapmodule.c
*** Modules/mmapmodule.c	3 May 2003 09:14:53 -0000	2.45
--- Modules/mmapmodule.c	27 Jun 2003 03:19:01 -0000
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*** 901,907 ****
  	/* on OpenVMS we must ensure that all bytes are written to the file */
  	fsync(fd);
  #  endif
! 	if (fstat(fd, &st) == 0 && (size_t)map_size > st.st_size) {
  		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, 
  				"mmap length is greater than file size");
  		return NULL;
--- 901,909 ----
  	/* on OpenVMS we must ensure that all bytes are written to the file */
  	fsync(fd);
  #  endif
! 	if (fstat(fd, &st) == 0 &&
! 	    !S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) &&
! 	    (size_t)map_size > st.st_size) {
  		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, 
  				"mmap length is greater than file size");
  		return NULL;