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authorBerker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>2018-07-28 21:02:56 (GMT)
committerZachary Ware <zachary.ware@gmail.com>2018-07-28 21:02:56 (GMT)
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bpo-34251: Restore msilib.Win64 to preserve compatibility (GH-8510)
-rw-r--r--Lib/msilib/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-28-11-47-10.bpo-34251.q3elQ6.rst2
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diff --git a/Lib/msilib/__init__.py b/Lib/msilib/__init__.py
index 7ab8bcc..8c5251d 100644
--- a/Lib/msilib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/msilib/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import string
import sys
AMD64 = "AMD64" in sys.version
+# Keep msilib.Win64 around to preserve backwards compatibility.
+Win64 = AMD64
# Partially taken from Wine
datasizemask= 0x00ff
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-28-11-47-10.bpo-34251.q3elQ6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-28-11-47-10.bpo-34251.q3elQ6.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..098f47e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-28-11-47-10.bpo-34251.q3elQ6.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Restore ``msilib.Win64`` to preserve backwards compatibility since it's
+already used by :mod:`distutils`' ``bdist_msi`` command.