Fix short file name generation in bdist_msi.
Patch by Christoph Gohlke.
Closes #7639.
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+- Issue #7639: Fix short file name generation in bdist_msi.
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 - Issue #11659: Fix ResourceWarning in test_subprocess introduced by #11459.
   Patch by Ben Hayden.