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+2018-11-01 Florian Franzmann <siflfran AT hawo.stw.uni-erlangen.de>
+ * DETAILS: version 8.6.1
+
2018-10-03 Florian Franzmann <siflfran AT hawo.stw.uni-erlangen.de>
* CONFLICTS: add conflicts on packages that have been incorporated
into ghc