- Issue #6980: Fix ctypes build failure on armel-linux-gnueabi with
  -mfloat-abi=softfp.
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+- Issue #6980: Fix ctypes build failure on armel-linux-gnueabi with
+  -mfloat-abi=softfp.
+
 - Issue #6802: Fix build issues on MacOSX 10.6
 
 - Issue 5390: Add uninstall icon independent of whether file