Backport of 1.489:

Disable building of the fpectl module -- it's dangerous or useless
except in the hands of experts.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a1ff3316ec5227c76a94e354216461cc07050713..ae3a91960336ca37acf1c230a2271b93c81c8d10 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Library
 
 Build
 
+- The fpectl module is not built by default; it's dangerous or useless
+  except in the hands of experts.
+
 - A bug was fixed that could cause COUNT_ALLOCS builds to segfault, or
   get into infinite loops, when a new-style class got garbage-collected.
   Unfortunately, to avoid this, the way COUNT_ALLOCS works requires