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+Notmuch 0.23.5 (UNRELEASED)
+===========================
+
+Build system
+------------
+
+Fix quoting bug in configure. This had introduced a RUNPATH into the
+notmuch binary in cases where it was not not needed.
+
 Notmuch 0.23.4 (2016-12-24)
 ===========================