Issue #12120, Issue #12119: tests were missing a sys.dont_write_bytecode check
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1ec836e..f944a1e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@
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+- Issue #12120, #12119: skip a test in packaging and distutils
+  if sys.dont_write_bytecode is set to True.
+
 - Issue #12065: connect_ex() on an SSL socket now returns the original errno
   when the socket's timeout expires (it used to return None).