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+- bpo-29941: Add ``--with-assertions`` configure flag to explicitly enable
+  C ``assert()`` checks. Defaults to off. ``--with-pydebug`` implies
+  ``--with-assertions``.
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 - bpo-28787: Fix out-of-tree builds of Python when configured with
   ``--with--dtrace``.