2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index dc6d749190..73afc97ec9 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ Greg Kochanski
 Damon Kohler
 Marko Kohtala
 Joseph Koshy
+Jerzy Kozera
 Maksim Kozyarchuk
 Stefan Krah
 Bob Kras
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 330477e655..f4da7e7785 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7978: SocketServer now restarts the select() call when EINTR is
+  returned.  This avoids crashing the server loop when a signal is received.
+  Patch by Jerzy Kozera.
+
 - Issue #14409: IDLE now properly executes commands in the Shell window
   when it cannot read the normal config files on startup and
   has to use the built-in default key bindings.