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 1.2.1
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+- Fixed a segfault if there was a failure opening a BTL MX endpoint.
 - Fixed a problem with mpirun's --nolocal option introduced in 1.2.
 - Re-enabled MPI_COMM_SPAWN_MULTIPLE from singletons.
 - LoadLeveler and TM configure fixes, Thanks to Martin Audet for the