The fix to use . was incorporated
diff --git a/Misc/AIX-NOTES b/Misc/AIX-NOTES
index 4f82a81..613d501 100644
--- a/Misc/AIX-NOTES
+++ b/Misc/AIX-NOTES
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@
LINKCC= $(srcdir)/Modules/makexp_aix Modules/python.exp . $(LIBRARY); $(PURIFY) $(CXX)
Using a period fixed the problem in the snake farm. YMMV.
-After testing with different versions of AIX, a fix should
-be checked in. Hopefully, this fix be incorporated into Python 2.3.
+This fix has been incorporated into Python 2.3.
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