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 This file describes changes in recent versions of SLURM. It primarily
 documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins. 
 
+* Changes in SLURM 1.2.0-pre2
+=============================
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 * Changes in SLURM 1.2.0-pre1
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  -- Fix bug that could run a job's prolog more than once