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r72981 | tarek.ziade | 2009-05-28 14:53:54 +0200 (Thu, 28 May 2009) | 1 line
Fixed #6048: Distutils uses the tarfile module instead of the tar command now
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Library
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+- Issue #6048: Now Distutils uses the tarfile module in archive_util.
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- Issue #6062: In distutils, fixed the package option of build_ext. Feedback
and tests on pywin32 by Tim Golden.