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diff --git a/libHX.changes b/libHX.changes
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 27 11:25:47 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 4.18
+  * opt: new HX_getopt5 API for the parser with untangled in and
+    out variables
+  * string: HX_strtoull_units handles negative values now (like
+    strtoull)
+  * string: HX_strtoull_units & HX_strtoull_(n)sec now set
+    errno=ERANGE for nonrepresentable results
+  * string: HX_strtoull_sec rejects unitless numbers now
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 12 11:09:23 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/libHX.spec b/libHX.spec
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 Name:           libHX
 %define lname   libHX32
-Version:        4.17
+Version:        4.18
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Collection of routines for C and C++ programming
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later