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charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-guix@gnu.org List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Attila Lendvai Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-To: larch@yhetil.org X-Migadu-Country: US ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1658947319; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding:resent-cc: resent-from:resent-sender:resent-message-id:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=HZN4yJHUstVEslv/slnzLhUeoIL7vPytyAeAGfXTlvo=; b=PhGfDxSGcghwsYywYEYuNW7LzbPLJguZH3tZxxIARyssZDCqj+DglzhJFOC2V+5Xp6djGL bQAyS4PydKkjrWrjSSNc1yfJ14mPykadnJjX/oJufsBrXNeJl3YOiRd5rG6kh6dXs7C749 AE0nNiMJ0UMfEsifeTaV3Ntc+1nnC0bsQeCvZ0ZFCXGSEF+PDTwovg19DwHK0L0Hg6Zize d2pUBe2PGfinqj3Ze1KUvYoiVirzbczIB2Djoy3iv6maFslOJdpAcMuHLylM//JOunRo2G vs3cuTOOjuqONDt88sNc7Oxo1WY+f+SCRAPaUgiJTN+5WSN3QDfrD078q8HfXQ== ARC-Seal: i=1; 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