fix an UnboundLocalError when the release file is empty #7773
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index f6df409..7c98382 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@
Gerhard Häring
Mihai Ibanescu
Lars Immisch
+Meador Inge
Tony Ingraldi
John Interrante
Bob Ippolito
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f1ab688..3dac0ea 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
Library
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+- Issue #7773: Fix an UnboundLocalError in platform.linux_distribution() when
+ the release file is empty.
+
- Issue #7748: Since unicode values are supported for some metadata options
in Distutils, the DistributionMetadata get_* methods will now return an utf-8
encoded string for them. This ensure that the upload and register commands