Fixes #24142: [configparser] always join multiline values to not leave the parser in an invalid state
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index c8c63f1..08d06e7 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@
 Ludwig Hähne
 Gerhard Häring
 Fredrik Håård
+Florian Höch
 Catalin Iacob
 Mihai Ibanescu
 Ali Ikinci
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 785f361..3b8ca5e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -472,6 +472,9 @@
 
 - Issue #28703: Fix asyncio.iscoroutinefunction to handle Mock objects.
 
+- Issue #24142: Reading a corrupt config file left the parser in an
+  invalid state.  Original patch by Florian Höch.
+
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