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Library
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+- Patch #1484695: Update the tarfile module to version 0.8. This fixes
+ a couple of issues, notably handling of long file names using the
+ GNU LONGNAME extension.
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- Patch #1478292. ``doctest.register_optionflag(name)`` shouldn't create a
new flag when ``name`` is already the name of an option flag.