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+# xml2 1.1.1
+
+* This is a small point release addressing installation issues found with older
+  libxml2 versions shipped with RedHat Linux 6 / CentOS 6 (#163, #164).
+
 # xml2 1.1.0
 
 ## New Features
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 ## Release summary
 
-This is a resubmission. Compared to the last version:
-
-The vignettes should now be properly updated.
+This is a small patch release to fix installation on RedHat Linux 6 / CentOS 6.
 
 ## Test environments
 
@@ -25,6 +23,6 @@ There was 1 NOTE:
   do about this.
 
 ## Downstream dependencies
-I ran `R CMD check` on all 86 reverse dependencies (https://github.com/hadley/xml2/tree/master/revdep).
+I ran `R CMD check` on all 91 reverse dependencies (https://github.com/hadley/xml2/tree/master/revdep).
 
-There were no issues found related to xml2.
+There were no issues found related to the xml2 changes.