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 Library
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-- Issue #19286: Directories in ``package_data`` are no longer added to
-  the filelist, preventing failure outlined in the ticket.
-
 - Issue #19435: Fix directory traversal attack on CGIHttpRequestHandler.
 
 - Issue #14984: On POSIX systems, when netrc is called without a filename