Fixed #5940: distutils.command.build_clib.check_library_list is doing the right checkings again
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 13360f8..45d9a49 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #5940: distutils.command.build_clib.check_library_list was not doing 
+  the right type checkings anymore.
+
 - Issue #4875: On win32, ctypes.util.find_library does no longer
   return directories.