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+- Issue #5257: refactored all tests in distutils, so they use 
+  support.TempdirManager, to avoid writing in the tests directory.
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 - Issue #4524: distutils build_script command failed with --with-suffix=3.
   Initial patch by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc.