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@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ What's new in Sudo 1.8.15
    processes would prompt for a password, often making it impossible
    to enter.
 
+ * Fixed a bug where sudo would fail to run commands as a non-root
+   user on systems that lack both setresuid() and setreuid().
+   Bug #713.
+
 What's new in Sudo 1.8.14p3
 
  * Fixed a bug introduced in sudo 1.8.14p2 that prevented sudo