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+Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.2 (unreleased)
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+
+ * Allow gpg-error to be in non-standard place when linking the test suite.
+
+ * Configure will fail now if gpg-error can not be found.
+
+ * Fixed initialized memory backed data objects for writing, which
+   caused the test program to crash (but only on Mac OS, surprisingly).
+
+ * Eliminate use of C99 constructs.
+
+ * Small improvements to the manual.
+
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 0.4.1 (2003-06-06)
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