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 Package: fido
 Type: Package
 Title: Bayesian Multinomial Logistic Normal Regression
-Version: 1.1.0
-Date: 2024-05-15
+Version: 1.1.1
+Date: 2024-05-31
 Authors@R: c(person("Justin", "Silverman", role=c("aut"),
                      email = "Justin.Silverman@psu.edu"), 
              person("Kim", "Roche", role=("ctb"), 
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+# fido 1.1.1
+
+* Fixing a minor bug in the configure script
+
 # fido 1.1.0
 
 * Updating the basset model to allow for additive Gaussian processes.