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 Library
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+- Issue #9604: posix.initgroups() encodes the username using the fileystem
+  encoding and surrogateescape error handler. Patch written by David Watson.
+
 - Issue #9603: posix.ttyname() and posix.ctermid() decode the terminal name
   using the filesystem encoding and surrogateescape error handler. Patch
   written by David Watson.