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 ### mingw-w64-nim
 
-patches nim 1.0.0 to compile with MSYS2, and use MSYS2 paths/DLLs.
+patches nim 1.6.6 to compile with MSYS2, and use MSYS2 paths/DLLs.
 a few things might not work, but the core functionality
 (including nimble) is working.