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-size 340227
diff --git a/Alien-Build-2.42.tar.gz b/Alien-Build-2.42.tar.gz
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index 0000000..989be96
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diff --git a/perl-Alien-Build.changes b/perl-Alien-Build.changes
index 3940196..18ad21c 100644
--- a/perl-Alien-Build.changes
+++ b/perl-Alien-Build.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 30 03:06:02 UTC 2021 - Tina Müller <timueller+perl@suse.de>
+
+- updated to 2.42
+   see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Alien-Build/Changes
+
+  2.42      2021-09-29 09:54:26 -0600
+    - Improved documentation relating to the Alien::Base alt methods and
+      the PkgConfig plugins use of pkg_name property (gh#234, gh#284)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 23 03:06:06 UTC 2021 - Tina Müller <timueller+perl@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/perl-Alien-Build.spec b/perl-Alien-Build.spec
index 54285b4..dd62f08 100644
--- a/perl-Alien-Build.spec
+++ b/perl-Alien-Build.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %define cpan_name Alien-Build
 Name:           perl-Alien-Build
-Version:        2.41
+Version:        2.42
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Build external dependencies for use in CPAN
 License:        Artistic-1.0 OR GPL-1.0-or-later