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@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet)
 1.2.9 (unreleased)
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+- Fix a buffer overun in opal_free_list_grow (called by MPI_Init).
+  Thanks to Patrick Farrell for the bugreport and Stephan Kramer for
+  the bugfix.  See ticket #1583.
 - Fix a problem setting OPAL_PREFIX for remote sh-based shells.
+  See ticket #1580.
 
 
 1.2.8