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 Build
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+- Issue #9848: Stopping trying to build _weakref in setup.py as it is a
+  built-in module.
+
 - Issue #9806: python-config now has an ``--extension-suffix`` option that
   outputs the suffix for dynamic libraries including the ABI version name
   defined by PEP 3149.