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@@@ -4,12 -4,10 +4,14 @@@ New in 2.2.9b 2010-??-??: git version 2
  
  * New features:
  
-   - None.
+   - On non-cygwin Windows systems, we no longer try to lookup the POSIX
+     format path recorded in $libdir of a pseudo-library when looking up
+     the location of the library with the native tools.
  
 +* Changes in supported systems or compilers:
 +
 +  - Initial support for Microsoft Visual C w/o wrapper scripts.
 +
  New in 2.2.8 2010-06-05: git version 2.2.7c, Libtool team:
  
  * No new features: