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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY elfutils-download-http
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[8dfc5c3] | 8 | "https://sourceware.org/ftp/elfutils/&elfutils-version;/elfutils-&elfutils-version;.tar.bz2">
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[3406acf] | 9 | <!ENTITY elfutils-download-ftp
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| 10 | "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/elfutils/&elfutils-version;/elfutils-&elfutils-version;.tar.bz2">
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[a3f014c] | 11 | <!ENTITY elfutils-md5sum "03599aee98c9b726c7a732a2dd0245d5">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY elfutils-size "8.0 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY elfutils-buildsize "78 MB (with tests)">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY elfutils-time "0.9 SBU (with tests)">
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[d489d4b] | 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect1 id="elfutils" xreflabel="elfutils-&elfutils-version;">
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| 18 | <?dbhtml filename="elfutils.html"?>
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| 19 |
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <title>elfutils-&elfutils-version;</title>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <indexterm zone="elfutils">
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| 24 | <primary sortas="a-elfutils">elfutils</primary>
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| 25 | </indexterm>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 28 | <title>Introduction to elfutils</title>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <para>
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[a9ae025] | 31 | The <application>elfutils</application> package contains a set of
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[894bbb4] | 32 | utilities and libraries for handling ELF (Executable and Linkable Format)
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| 33 | files.
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[d489d4b] | 34 | </para>
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| 35 |
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[9e1b8178] | 36 | &lfs81_checked;
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[d489d4b] | 37 |
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| 38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>
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| 42 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&elfutils-download-http;"/>
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| 43 | </para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&elfutils-download-ftp;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download MD5 sum: &elfutils-md5sum;
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download size: &elfutils-size;
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Estimated disk space required: &elfutils-buildsize;
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated build time: &elfutils-time;
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | </itemizedlist>
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| 71 |
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[a9ae025] | 72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">elfutils Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 75 | <para role="optional">
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| 76 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>
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| 77 | </para>
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| 78 |
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[d489d4b] | 79 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 80 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/elfutils"/>
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 | </sect2>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 85 | <title>Installation of elfutils</title>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <para>
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| 88 | Install <application>elfutils</application> by running the following
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| 89 | commands:
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| 90 | </para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <!-- don't disable static libs, disable-static switch doesn't work anyways -->
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[7a1d9607] | 93 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --program-prefix="eu-" &&
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[d489d4b] | 94 | make</userinput></screen>
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[7a1d9607] | 95 | <!--
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[d489d4b] | 96 | <para>
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[59fb87e] | 97 | If you wish to run the test suite, first fix it to skip two failing tests:
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[8f1fc267] | 98 | </para>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/srcdir/ iexit 77\n' \
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| 101 | tests/run-backtrace-native.sh \
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[7a1d9607] | 102 | tests/run-backtrace-native-core.sh</userinput></screen>-->
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[8f1fc267] | 103 |
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| 104 | <para>
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[a3f014c] | 105 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 106 | One test, run-strip-nothing.sh, is known to fail.
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[d489d4b] | 107 | </para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para>
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| 110 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 111 | </para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | </sect2>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 118 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>
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[7a1d9607] | 121 | <parameter>--program-prefix="eu-"</parameter>: This switch renames
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| 122 | installed programs to avoid conflict with
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| 123 | <application>Binutils</application> programs installed in LFS.
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[d489d4b] | 124 | </para>
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| 125 |
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[a9ae025] | 126 | <para>
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| 127 | <option>--enable-valgrind</option>: Run all tests under valgrind.
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| 128 | </para>
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| 129 |
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[d489d4b] | 130 | </sect2>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 133 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <segmentedlist>
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| 136 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 137 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 138 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <seglistitem>
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| 141 | <seg>
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[dbcebcf] | 142 | eu-addr2line, eu-ar, eu-elfcmp, eu-elfcompress, eu-elflint,
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[c569acc5] | 143 | eu-findtextrel, eu-make-debug-archive, eu-nm, eu-objdump,
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[dbcebcf] | 144 | eu-ranlib, eu-readelf, eu-size, eu-stack, eu-strings, eu-strip, and
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| 145 | eu-unstrip
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[d489d4b] | 146 | </seg>
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| 147 | <seg>
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[c647e6d] | 148 | libasm.{a,so}, libdw.{a,so}, libebl.a, libelf.{a,so}, and
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| 149 | some for different architectures under /usr/lib/elfutils
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[d489d4b] | 150 | </seg>
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| 151 | <seg>
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| 152 | /usr/include/elfutils and
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| 153 | /usr/lib/elfutils
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| 154 | </seg>
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| 155 | </seglistitem>
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| 156 | </segmentedlist>
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| 157 |
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[b22a51fa] | 158 | <variablelist>
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| 159 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 160 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 161 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <varlistentry id="eu-addr2line">
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| 164 | <term><command>eu-addr2line</command></term>
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| 165 | <listitem>
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| 166 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 167 | converts addresses into file names and line numbers.
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[b22a51fa] | 168 | </para>
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| 169 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-addr2line">
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| 170 | <primary sortas="b-eu-addr2line">eu-addr2line</primary>
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| 171 | </indexterm>
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| 172 | </listitem>
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| 173 | </varlistentry>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <varlistentry id="eu-ar">
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| 176 | <term><command>eu-ar</command></term>
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| 177 | <listitem>
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| 178 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 179 | creates, modifies, and extracts from archives.
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[b22a51fa] | 180 | </para>
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| 181 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-ar">
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| 182 | <primary sortas="b-eu-ar">eu-ar</primary>
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| 183 | </indexterm>
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| 184 | </listitem>
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| 185 | </varlistentry>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <varlistentry id="eu-elfcmp">
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| 188 | <term><command>eu-elfcmp</command></term>
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| 189 | <listitem>
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| 190 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 191 | compares relevant parts of two ELF files for equality.
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[b22a51fa] | 192 | </para>
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| 193 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-elfcmp">
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| 194 | <primary sortas="b-eu-elfcmp">eu-elfcmp</primary>
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| 195 | </indexterm>
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| 196 | </listitem>
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| 197 | </varlistentry>
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[f3429309] | 198 |
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[dbcebcf] | 199 | <varlistentry id="eu-elfcompress">
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| 200 | <term><command>eu-elfcompress</command></term>
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| 201 | <listitem>
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| 202 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 203 | compresses or decompresses sections in an ELF file.
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[dbcebcf] | 204 | </para>
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| 205 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-elfcompress">
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| 206 | <primary sortas="b-eu-elfcompress">eu-elfcompress</primary>
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| 207 | </indexterm>
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| 208 | </listitem>
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| 209 | </varlistentry>
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| 210 |
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[b22a51fa] | 211 | <varlistentry id="eu-elflint">
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| 212 | <term><command>eu-elflint</command></term>
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| 213 | <listitem>
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| 214 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 215 | does pedantic checking of ELF files compliance with gABI/psABI spec.
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[b22a51fa] | 216 | </para>
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| 217 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-elflint">
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| 218 | <primary sortas="b-eu-elflint">eu-elflint</primary>
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| 219 | </indexterm>
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| 220 | </listitem>
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| 221 | </varlistentry>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <varlistentry id="eu-findtextrel">
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| 224 | <term><command>eu-findtextrel</command></term>
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| 225 | <listitem>
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| 226 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 227 | locates the source of text relocations in FILEs (a.out by default).
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[b22a51fa] | 228 | </para>
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| 229 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-findtextrel">
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| 230 | <primary sortas="b-eu-findtextrel">eu-findtextrel</primary>
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| 231 | </indexterm>
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| 232 | </listitem>
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| 233 | </varlistentry>
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| 234 |
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[c569acc5] | 235 | <!--
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[b22a51fa] | 236 | <varlistentry id="eu-ld">
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| 237 | <term><command>eu-ld</command></term>
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| 238 | <listitem>
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| 239 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 240 | combines object and archive files.
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[b22a51fa] | 241 | </para>
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| 242 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-ld">
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| 243 | <primary sortas="b-eu-ld">eu-ld</primary>
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| 244 | </indexterm>
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| 245 | </listitem>
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| 246 | </varlistentry>
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[c569acc5] | 247 | -->
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[b22a51fa] | 248 |
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| 249 | <varlistentry id="eu-nm">
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| 250 | <term><command>eu-nm</command></term>
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| 251 | <listitem>
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| 252 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 253 | lists symbols from FILEs (a.out by default).
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[b22a51fa] | 254 | </para>
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| 255 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-nm">
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| 256 | <primary sortas="b-eu-nm">eu-nm</primary>
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| 257 | </indexterm>
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| 258 | </listitem>
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| 259 | </varlistentry>
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[f3429309] | 260 |
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[b22a51fa] | 261 | <varlistentry id="eu-objdump">
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| 262 | <term><command>eu-objdump</command></term>
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| 263 | <listitem>
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| 264 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 265 | shows information from FILEs (a.out by default).
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[b22a51fa] | 266 | </para>
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| 267 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-objdump">
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| 268 | <primary sortas="b-eu-objdump">eu-objdump</primary>
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| 269 | </indexterm>
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| 270 | </listitem>
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| 271 | </varlistentry>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <varlistentry id="eu-ranlib">
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| 274 | <term><command>eu-ranlib</command></term>
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| 275 | <listitem>
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| 276 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 277 | generates an index to speed up access to archives.
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[b22a51fa] | 278 | </para>
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| 279 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-ranlib">
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| 280 | <primary sortas="b-eu-ranlib">eu-ranlib</primary>
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| 281 | </indexterm>
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| 282 | </listitem>
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| 283 | </varlistentry>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <varlistentry id="eu-readelf">
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| 286 | <term><command>eu-readelf</command></term>
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| 287 | <listitem>
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| 288 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 289 | prints information from ELF files in human-readable form.
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[b22a51fa] | 290 | </para>
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| 291 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-readelf">
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| 292 | <primary sortas="b-eu-readelf">eu-readelf</primary>
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| 293 | </indexterm>
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| 294 | </listitem>
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| 295 | </varlistentry>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <varlistentry id="eu-size">
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| 298 | <term><command>eu-size</command></term>
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| 299 | <listitem>
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| 300 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 301 | lists section sizes of FILEs (a.out by default).
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[b22a51fa] | 302 | </para>
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| 303 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-size">
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| 304 | <primary sortas="b-eu-size">eu-size</primary>
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| 305 | </indexterm>
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| 306 | </listitem>
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| 307 | </varlistentry>
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[f3429309] | 308 |
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[b22a51fa] | 309 | <varlistentry id="eu-stack">
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| 310 | <term><command>eu-stack</command></term>
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| 311 | <listitem>
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| 312 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 313 | prints a stack for each thread in a process or core file.
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[b22a51fa] | 314 | </para>
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| 315 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-stack">
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| 316 | <primary sortas="b-eu-stack">eu-stack</primary>
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| 317 | </indexterm>
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| 318 | </listitem>
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| 319 | </varlistentry>
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| 320 |
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| 321 | <varlistentry id="eu-strings">
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| 322 | <term><command>eu-strings</command></term>
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| 323 | <listitem>
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| 324 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 325 | prints the strings of printable characters in files.
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[b22a51fa] | 326 | </para>
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| 327 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-strings">
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| 328 | <primary sortas="b-eu-strings">eu-strings</primary>
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| 329 | </indexterm>
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| 330 | </listitem>
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| 331 | </varlistentry>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <varlistentry id="eu-strip">
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| 334 | <term><command>eu-strip</command></term>
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| 335 | <listitem>
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| 336 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 337 | discards symbols from object files.
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[b22a51fa] | 338 | </para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-strip">
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| 340 | <primary sortas="b-eu-strip">eu-strip</primary>
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| 341 | </indexterm>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 | </varlistentry>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <varlistentry id="eu-unstrip">
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| 346 | <term><command>eu-unstrip</command></term>
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| 347 | <listitem>
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| 348 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 349 | combines stripped files with separate symbols and debug information.
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[b22a51fa] | 350 | </para>
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| 351 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-unstrip">
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| 352 | <primary sortas="b-eu-unstrip">eu-unstrip</primary>
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| 353 | </indexterm>
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| 354 | </listitem>
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| 355 | </varlistentry>
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| 356 |
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| 357 | </variablelist>
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| 358 |
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[d489d4b] | 359 | </sect2>
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| 360 |
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| 361 | </sect1>
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