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+Changes in release 0.8.1
+
+* Make ASN.1 library less paranoid to with regard to NUL in string to
+  make it inter-operate with MIT Kerberos again.
+
+* Make GSS-API library work again when using gss_acquire_cred
+
+* Add symbol versioning to libgssapi when using GNU ld.
+
+* Fix memory leaks 
+
 Changes in release 0.8
 
  * PK-INIT support.