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-size 486332
diff --git a/libXi-1.7.9.tar.bz2 b/libXi-1.7.9.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adf25f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libXi-1.7.9.tar.bz2
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+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:c2e6b8ff84f9448386c1b5510a5cf5a16d788f76db018194dacdc200180faf45
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diff --git a/libXi.changes b/libXi.changes
index 341ce08..257bf9f 100644
--- a/libXi.changes
+++ b/libXi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 23 09:58:45 UTC 2017 - sndirsch@suse.com
+
+- Update to version 1.7.9:
+  * Plug a memory leak
+  * Check that allocating a buffer succeeded
+  * Fix possible free of uninitialized pointer
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 28 23:26:17 UTC 2016 - tobias.johannes.klausmann@mni.thm.de
 
diff --git a/libXi.spec b/libXi.spec
index 95d505d..8b0bfb9 100644
--- a/libXi.spec
+++ b/libXi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libXi
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 Name:           libXi
 %define lname   libXi6
-Version:        1.7.8
+Version:        1.7.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        X Input Extension library
 License:        MIT