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 Library
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+- Issue #9696: Fix exception incorrectly raised by xdrlib.Packer.pack_int when
+  trying to pack a negative (in-range) integer.
+
 - Issue #11675: multiprocessing.[Raw]Array objects created from an integer size
   are now zeroed on creation.  This matches the behaviour specified by the
   documentation.