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-- Issue #4489: Add a shutil.rmtree that isn't suspectible to symlink attacks.
+- Issue #4489: Add a shutil.rmtree that isn't susceptible to symlink attacks.
   It is used automatically on platforms supporting the necessary os.openat()
   and os.unlinkat() functions. Main code by Martin von Löwis.