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@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Changes from Ant 1.6.1 to current Ant 1.6 CVS version
 Changes that could break older environments:
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+* The import task used the canonical version of a file path. This
+  has been changed to use the absolute path. Bugzilla 28505.
+
 Fixed bugs:
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