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 Library
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+- Issue #1008086: Fixed socket.inet_aton() to always return 4 bytes even on
+  LP64 platforms (most 64-bit Linux, bsd, unix systems).
+
 - Issue #7246 & Issue #7208: getpass now properly flushes input before
   reading from stdin so that existing input does not confuse it and
   lead to incorrect entry or an IOError.  It also properly flushes it