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+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+confdefs.h
+config.cache
+config.guess
+config.h
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+configure
+configure.scan
+libtool
+ltconfig
+ltmain.sh
+stamp-h
+stamp-h.in
+stamp.h
+version.h
+config.h.in
+.exrc
+install-sh
+missing
+mkinstalldirs
+INSTALL
+intl
+ABOUT-NLS
+COPYING
+sgml