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--- a/axel-2.15.tar.xz
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-oid sha256:70daa27abca5a3f1abe4be833d8f64205ac422416f5bcf396856eb6dd0fe9194
-size 188132
diff --git a/axel-2.16.tar.xz b/axel-2.16.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/axel-2.16.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:bd65f8d8add34ab61ce1fb9e1c7b1c3449b1cfd981ce48aeee218e755ba0d6fb
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diff --git a/axel.changes b/axel.changes
index fda37c6..1a46680 100644
--- a/axel.changes
+++ b/axel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov 26 16:20:54 UTC 2017 - aavindraa@gmail.com
+
+- update to 2.16
+  * Buildsystem fixes and improvements
+  * Fixed bug that produces empty files with -q/--quiet
+  * Fixed build with --disable-nls
+  * Fixed formatting of the version/copyright message
+  * Header files reorganization
+  * Spanish translation
+  * Style fixes
+  * Updated Portuguese translation
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Nov 11 10:05:24 UTC 2017 - sebix+novell.com@sebix.at
 
diff --git a/axel.spec b/axel.spec
index 1a9f03f..f017de5 100644
--- a/axel.spec
+++ b/axel.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{!?license: %global license %doc}
 Name:           axel
-Version:        2.15
+Version:        2.16
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Lightweight Download Accelerator
 License:        GPL-2.0+