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 Library
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+- Issue #8464: tarfile no longer creates files with execute permissions set
+  when mode="w|" is used.
+
 - Issue #7834: Fix connect() of Bluetooth L2CAP sockets with recent versions
   of the Linux kernel.  Patch by Yaniv Aknin.