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 Library
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+- Patch #1484695: Update the tarfile module to version 0.8. This fixes
+  a couple of issues, notably handling of long file names using the
+  GNU LONGNAME extension.
+
 - Patch #1478292. ``doctest.register_optionflag(name)`` shouldn't create a
   new flag when ``name`` is already the name of an option flag.