diff --git a/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-7.1beta1-to-7.1beta3 b/ChangeLogs/ChangeLog-7.1beta1-to-7.1beta3
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 2001-01-10 13:07  petere
 
 	* configure, config/c-library.m4: Make checks for global variables
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Release Notes
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/README b/README
index 7928545f02b..4d82f48d8ad 100644
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- 
 PostgreSQL Data Base Management System (formerly known as Postgres, then
 as Postgres95).
   
diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README
index 8ecdb602ab0..9a75e5bc05a 100644
--- a/contrib/README
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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 The PostgreSQL contrib tree
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