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 Library
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+- Issue #4646: distutils was choking on empty options arg in the setup 
+  function. Original patch by Thomas Heller.
+
 - Issue #3767: Convert Tk object to string in tkColorChooser.
 
 - Issue #3248: Allow placing ScrolledText in a PanedWindow.