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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ v69.4.2
 Bugfixes
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-- Merged bugfix for pypa/distutils#246 (#27489545)
+- Merged bugfix for pypa/distutils#246 (pypa/setuptools@608de826)
 
 
 v69.4.1