Backport #42901 to 1.7 (without #42583)#42965

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Commits on Oct 20, 2021

release-1.7: set VERSION to 1.7-rc2 (JuliaLang#42716 )
KristofferC
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Commits on Nov 5, 2021

Backport JuliaLang#42901 without JuliaLang#42583

vtjnash
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Ian Atol
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