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 # Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*-
 
+Nmap 5.61TEST1 [2011-09-19]
+
+o The changelog entries below for this test release are not yet
+  finished or comprehensive.  We'll update them soon.
+
 o Fixed compilation on OS X 10.7 Lion. Thanks to Patrik Karlsson and
   Babak Farroki for researching fixes.