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 Library
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+- Patch #1504073: Fix tarfile.open() for mode "r" with a fileobj argument.
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 - Patch #1182394 from Shane Holloway: speed up HMAC.hexdigest.
 
 - Patch #1262036: Prevent TarFiles from being added to themselves under