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@@ -479,6 +479,8 @@
 Tests
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+- Issue #8857: Provide a test case for socket.getaddrinfo.
+
 - Issue #8433: Fix test_curses failure with newer versions of ncurses.
 
 - Issue #9496: Provide a test suite for the rlcompleter module.  Patch by