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-rw-r--r--setuptools/svn_utils.py2
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diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 54284c88..3674383c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
CHANGES
=======
+---
+5.6
+---
+
+* Issue #242: Use absolute imports in svn_utils to avoid issues if the
+ installing package adds an xml module to the path.
+
-----
5.5.1
-----
diff --git a/setuptools/svn_utils.py b/setuptools/svn_utils.py
index 2dcfd899..dadb682a 100644
--- a/setuptools/svn_utils.py
+++ b/setuptools/svn_utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
import os
import re
import sys