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  r86542 | r.david.murray | 2010-11-19 22:48:58 -0500 (Fri, 19 Nov 2010) | 2 lines

  Make test class name unique so that both test classes run.
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  r87136 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-08 17:53:00 -0500 (Wed, 08 Dec 2010) | 6 lines

  Have script_helper._assert_python strip refcount strings from stderr.

  This makes the output of the function and those that depend on it
  independent of whether or not they are being run under a debug
  build.
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  r87216 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-13 17:50:30 -0500 (Mon, 13 Dec 2010) | 2 lines

  #10698: fix typo in example.
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  r87221 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-13 19:55:46 -0500 (Mon, 13 Dec 2010) | 4 lines

  #10699: fix docstring for tzset: it does not take a parameter

  Thanks to Garrett Cooper for the fix.
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  r87228 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-13 21:25:43 -0500 (Mon, 13 Dec 2010) | 2 lines

  Turn on regrtest -W (rerun immediately) option for Windows, too.
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  r87256 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-14 21:19:14 -0500 (Tue, 14 Dec 2010) | 2 lines

  #10705: document what the values of debuglevel are and mean.
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  r87337 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-17 11:11:40 -0500 (Fri, 17 Dec 2010) | 2 lines

  #10559: provide instructions for accessing sys.argv when first mentioned.
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  r87338 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-17 11:29:07 -0500 (Fri, 17 Dec 2010) | 2 lines

  #10454: clarify the compileall docs and help messages.
  [changes to compileall.py were not backported, only the doc changes]
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  r87372 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-18 11:39:06 -0500 (Sat, 18 Dec 2010) | 2 lines

  #10728: the default for printing help is sys.stdout, not stderr.
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  r87516 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-27 15:09:32 -0500 (Mon, 27 Dec 2010) | 5 lines

  #7056: runtest and runtest_inner don't use testdir, so drop it from their sigs

  I've only tested regular runs and -j runs.  If I've broken anything
  else I'm sure I'll hear about it sooner or later.
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  r87571 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-29 14:06:48 -0500 (Wed, 29 Dec 2010) | 2 lines

  Fix same typo in docs.
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  r88164 | r.david.murray | 2011-01-24 14:34:58 -0500 (Mon, 24 Jan 2011) | 12 lines

  #10960: fix 'stat' links, link to lstat from stat, general tidy of stat doc.

  Original patch by Michal Nowikowski, with some additions and wording
  fixes by me.

  I changed the wording from 'Performs a stat system call' to 'Performs
  the equivalent of a stat system call', since on Windows there are no
  stat/lstat system calls involved.  I also extended Michal's breakout
  of the attributes into a list to the other paragraphs, and rearranged
  the order of the paragraphs in the 'stat' docs to make it flow
  better and put it in what I think is a more logical/useful order.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/script_helper.py b/Lib/test/script_helper.py
index 1b5b0bf..337854a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/script_helper.py
+++ b/Lib/test/script_helper.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import sys
 import os
+import re
 import os.path
 import tempfile
 import subprocess
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@
 import shutil
 import zipfile
 
+from test.test_support import strip_python_stderr
+
 # Executing the interpreter in a subprocess
 def _assert_python(expected_success, *args, **env_vars):
     cmd_line = [sys.executable]
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@
         p.stdout.close()
         p.stderr.close()
     rc = p.returncode
+    err =  strip_python_stderr(err)
     if (rc and expected_success) or (not rc and not expected_success):
         raise AssertionError(
             "Process return code is %d, "