#1030250: correctly pass the dry_run option to the mkpath() function.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e964ced..9006fdf 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
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+- Issue #1030250: Distutils created directories even when run with the
+  --dry-run option.
+
 - Issue #4483: _dbm module now builds on systems with gdbm & gdbm_compat
   libs.