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r71537 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-12 19:24:11 +0200 (So, 12 Apr 2009) | 1 line
#5741: dont disallow double percent signs in SafeConfigParser.set() keys.
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- Issue #5607: fixed Distutils test_get_platform for Mac OS X fat binaries.
+- Issue #5741: don't disallow "%%" (which is an escape for "%") when setting
+ a value in SafeConfigParser.
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- Issue #5732: added a new command in Distutils: check.
- Issue #5731: Distutils bdist_wininst no longer worked on non-Windows