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 Package: igraph
 Title: Network Analysis and Visualization
-Version: 2.1.0.9007
+Version: 2.1.0.9008
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gábor", "Csárdi", , "csardi.gabor@gmail.com", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-7098-9676")),
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# igraph 2.1.0.9008
+
+## Chore
+
+- Update vendored sources to igraph/igraph@a9ca8a74eb8cfeefe7e46193f7f524b2039fe20e.
+
+
 # igraph 2.1.0.9007
 
 ## Bug fixes