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 Library
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+- Issue #5122: Synchronize tk load failure check to prevent a potential
+  deadlock.
+
 - Issue #4890: Handle empty text search pattern in Tkinter.Text.search.
 
 - Issue #4512 (part 2): Promote ``ZipImporter._get_filename()`` to be a