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 Tests
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+- Issue #7431: use TESTFN in test_linecache instead of trying to create a 
+  file in the Lib/test directory, which might be read-only for the
+  user running the tests.
+
 - Issue #7324: add a sanity check to regrtest argument parsing to
   catch the case of an option with no handler.