python2: backport fix for pyc race condition
This is python bug https://bugs.python.org/issue13146. Fixed since python 3.4. It makes pyc creation atomic, preventing a race condition. The patch has been rebased on our deterministic build patch. It wasn't backported to python 2.7 because there was a complaint about changed semantics. Since files are now created in a temporary directory and then moved, symlinks will be overridden. See https://bugs.python.org/issue17222. That is an edge-case however. Ubuntu and debian have backported the fix in 2013 already, making it mainstream enough for us to adopt.
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