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index 0000000..891e8de
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:42c49025b3f8489dcbc5df55101ef95bc920e160b9d5ecf573a88062883931bb
+size 38400
diff --git a/alkimia-7.0.tar.xz b/alkimia-7.0.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
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-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:0c70d0d3b6c020d5bcf92b6f1c395f3bad53a08d4e2b2c17e70c2079e9f43158
-size 37992
diff --git a/alkimia.changes b/alkimia.changes
index 4f7f994..1ab476f 100644
--- a/alkimia.changes
+++ b/alkimia.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 16 21:02:17 UTC 2018 - wbauer@tmo.at
+
+- update to version 7.0.1:
+  * now also supports MPIR instead of GMP
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 31 08:43:28 UTC 2018 - wbauer@tmo.at
 
diff --git a/alkimia.spec b/alkimia.spec
index 80498d8..409fe78 100644
--- a/alkimia.spec
+++ b/alkimia.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %define sonum 7
 
 Name:           alkimia
-Version:        7.0
+Version:        7.0.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Library with common classes and functionality used by finance applications
 License:        LGPL-2.1+