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@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 2.1.0-pre7
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+ -- BLUEGENE - make 2.1 run correctly on a real bluegene cluster
 
 * Changes in SLURM 2.1.0-pre6
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