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@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ Obtaining Guile ======================================================
 
 The latest official Guile release is available via anonymous FTP from
 
-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/guile-1.6.0.tar.gz
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/guile-1.6.1.tar.gz
 
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