GNU Spotlight October 2017

• autoconf-archive-2017.09.28
• bash-4.4.12
• dejagnu-1.6.1
• gawk-4.2.0
• gcc-5.5.0
• gnuhealth-3.2.5
• gnutls-3.6.1
• guile-cv-0.1.7
• kawa-3.0
• libextractor-1.6
• linux-libre-4.13.9-gnu
• mailutils-3.3
• parallel-20171022
• screen-4.6.2
• taler-0.4.0
• units-2.15
• zile-2.4.14

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