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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 23 07:44:52 UTC 2024 - Christof Hanke <christof.hanke@mpcdf.mpg.de>
+
+- update to latest git branch stable-1_8_x, required to support kernel 6.12 
+
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 Mon Nov 25 10:54:35 UTC 2024 - Christof Hanke <christof.hanke@mpcdf.mpg.de>
 
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 Release:        0
 Summary:        OpenAFS Distributed File System
 License:        IPL-1.0