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  r86223 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-06 00:51:56 +0100 (sam., 06 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  Always close files in distutils code and tests (#10252).
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  r86224 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-06 00:58:34 +0100 (sam., 06 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  Add missing entry for r86223.
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  r86226 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-06 00:59:32 +0100 (sam., 06 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  Of course, I forgot one file in r86223.
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  r86234 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-06 03:10:32 +0100 (sam., 06 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  Also close file descriptors from os.popen and subprocess.Popen
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 Library
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+- Issue #10252: Close file objects in a timely manner in distutils code and
+  tests.  Patch by Brian Brazil, completed by Éric Araujo.
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 - Issue #10311: The signal module now restores errno before returning from
   its low-level signal handler.  Patch by Hallvard B Furuseth.