Prevent race condition with mkdir in distutils.  Patch by Arfrever on #9281.
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+- Issue #9281: Prevent race condition with mkdir in distutils.  Patch by
+  Arfrever.
+
 - Issue #10229: Fix caching error in gettext.
 
 - Issue #10252: Close file objects in a timely manner in distutils code and