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@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ the parent, the resulting error message now gives the correct
 directory name (previously an error message was issued but it
 specified the wrong directory).
 
+Savannah bug #16738: "find .... -exec ... {} +" now works if you have
+a large environment and many files must be passed to the -exec
+action.  The same problem affected the -execdir action, though since
+the number of files in a given directory will normally be smaller, the
+problem was worse for -exec.
+
+Savannah bug #16579: Updatedb now works if it is running as a user
+whose login shell is not actually a shell.
+
 There have also been a number of documentation improvements (includng
 Savannah bug #16269).