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 Library
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+
+- Issue #8986: math.erfc was incorrectly raising OverflowError for
+  values between -27.3 and -30.0 on some platforms.
+
 - Issue #8924: logging: Improved error handling for Unicode in exception text.
 
 - Issue #8948: cleanup functions and class / module setups and teardowns are