diff -r 29bc5d18714a -r c8cb471fc9c2 mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py	Fri Apr 24 18:17:42 2009 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py	Sun Apr 26 13:36:08 2009 -0700
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
                 ui._isatty = sys.stdin.isatty()
             except AttributeError: # not a real file object
                 ui._isatty = False
+            except IOError:
+                # access to stdin is unsafe in a WSGI environment
+                ui._isatty = False
         return ui._isatty
 
     def _is_trusted(self, fp, f):