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authorNed Deily <nad@acm.org>2014-08-22 20:30:59 (GMT)
committerNed Deily <nad@acm.org>2014-08-22 20:30:59 (GMT)
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Issue #21166: Prevent possible segfaults and other random failures of
python --generate-posix-vars in pybuilddir.txt build target by ensuring that pybuilddir.txt is always regenerated when configure is run and that the newly built skeleton python does not inadvertently import modules from previously installed instances.
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- Issue #15759: "make suspicious", "make linkcheck" and "make doctest" in Doc/
now display special message when and only when there are failures.
+- Issue #21166: Prevent possible segfaults and other random failures of
+ python --generate-posix-vars in pybuilddir.txt build target.
+
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