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 Library
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+- Issue #27048: Prevents distutils failing on Windows when environment
+  variables contain non-ASCII characters
+
 - Issue #27330: Fixed possible leaks in the ctypes module.
 
 - Issue #27238: Got rid of bare excepts in the turtle module.  Original patch