to load extension modules and now provides the dl module. As a result,
sys.setdlopenflags() now works correctly on these systems. (SF patch
#1454844)

why this breaks on openbsd sometimes.

in 2.4, so put it back.  The string in telnetlib looks like a comment.

soon after because the gmail address it connects to started timing
out on all the buildbot slaves.  Rewrote the test to produce a
warning message (instead of failing) when the address times out.

Also removed the special case for Windows -- this test started to
work on Windows as soon as bug 1462352 was fixed.

Fixes #1462352. Will backport.

Also adds some backwards compatibility when compiling _bsddb.c on earlier
python versions (needed for pybsddb).

This avoids configuring it when it is not build by setup.py.

If RTLD_LOCAL is not #defined in any header file (Windows), set it to 0.
If RTLD_GLOBAL is not #defined, set it equal to RTLD_LOCAL.

This should fix ctypes on cygwin.

on platforms (ppc debian) where 'char' is unsigned.

complaining because it seemed like parameters_iter could be NULL.

Can probably be backported if anyone cares.

No need to INCREF then let PyString_ConcatAndDel() DECREF.  Just
use PyString_Concat().
Handle error condition if we can't concat.

(other than those in leakers).

will backport.

mouse events. This makes the test fail. Catch that case and don't run
the tests. Should make the debian/ubuntu buildbots that run in a chroot
work again.

Will backport to release24-maint.