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+Make sure these boxes are signed before submitting your Pull Request -- thank you.
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+- [ ] I have read the contributing guide lines at https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/projects/suricata/wiki/Contributing
+- [ ] I have signed the Open Information Security Foundation contribution agreement at https://suricata-ids.org/about/contribution-agreement/
+- [ ] I have updated the user guide (in doc/userguide/) to reflect the changes made (if applicable)
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+Link to [redmine](https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/projects/suricata/issues) ticket:
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+Describe changes:
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+[PRScript](https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/projects/suricata/wiki/PRscript) output (if applicable):
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