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 Build
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+- Issue #9810: Compile bzip2 source files in python's project file
+  directly. It used to be built with bzip2's makefile.
+
 - Issue #941346: Improve the build process under AIX and allow Python to
   be built as a shared library.  Patch by Sébastien Sablé.