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+:func:`shutil.which` now uses ``os.confstr("CS_PATH")`` if available and if the
+:envvar:`PATH` environment variable is not set. Remove also the current
+directory from :data:`posixpath.defpath`. On Unix, :func:`shutil.which` and the
+:mod:`subprocess` module no longer search the executable in the current
+directory if the :envvar:`PATH` environment variable is not set.