I was not aware that _uuid was new to python3-3.7. I thought it had been around for a long time. 

Bpo-28009 goes back two years and i was unaware of uuid_create(). 

Would it be easier to split it into 3 issues? One for unixdll, one for netstat, and one for test_uuid?

Michael

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> On 10 Jun 2018, at 13:52, STINNER Victor <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:
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> STINNER Victor <vstinner@redhat.com> added the comment:
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>> As noted on PR 7511 and PR 7567, I have merged Michael's configure.ac fixes for testing for uuid_enc_be availability (independent of platform) that were incorrect in earlier commits for this issue.  Merged for 3.7.0rc1 and master (3.8). Thanks, everyone!
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> Thanks you Ned and Michael. Sorry for the confusion. I was first confused that the fix for master added a lot of code using ctypes. The final fix is the right fix for 3.7 and master ;-)
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> Michael: if you want to fix uuid on 3.6, I would suggest to open a new issue, because it seems that the fix is much more complex and unrelated to _uuid (module added to Python 3.7).
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