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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 libpcap-download-http "http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-&libpcap-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY libpcap-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY libpcap-md5sum "dffd65cb14406ab9841f421732eb0f33">
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10 | <!ENTITY libpcap-size "816 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY libpcap-buildsize "8.8 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY libpcap-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="libpcap" xreflabel="libpcap-&libpcap-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="libpcap.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>libpcap-&libpcap-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="libpcap">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-libpcap">libpcap</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to libpcap</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>
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33 | <application>libpcap</application> provides functions for user-level
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34 | packet capture, used in low-level network monitoring.
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35 | </para>
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36 |
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37 | &lfs83_checked;
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38 |
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39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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41 | <listitem>
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42 | <para>
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43 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libpcap-download-http;"/>
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44 | </para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>
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48 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libpcap-download-ftp;"/>
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49 | </para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>
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53 | Download MD5 sum: &libpcap-md5sum;
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54 | </para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>
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58 | Download size: &libpcap-size;
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59 | </para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>
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63 | Estimated disk space required: &libpcap-buildsize;
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64 | </para>
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65 | </listitem>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>
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68 | Estimated build time: &libpcap-time;
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69 | </para>
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70 | </listitem>
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71 | </itemizedlist>
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72 |
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73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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74 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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75 | <listitem>
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76 | <para>
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77 | Recommended patch:
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78 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/libpcap-&libpcap-version;-enable_bluetooth-1.patch"/>
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79 | (Needed for bluez-5.21)
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80 | </para>
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81 | </listitem>
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82 | </itemizedlist>
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83 |
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84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libpcap Dependencies</bridgehead>
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85 |
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86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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87 | <para role="optional">
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88 | <xref linkend="bluez"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="libnl"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="libusb"/>,
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91 | Software distribution for the
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92 | <ulink url="http://www.endace.com/">DAG</ulink>, and
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93 | <ulink url="http://www.intel.com/">Septel</ulink> range of passive
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94 | network monitoring cards.
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95 | </para>
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96 |
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97 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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98 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libpcap"/>
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99 | </para>
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100 | </sect2>
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101 |
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102 | <sect2 role="installation">
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103 | <title>Installation of libpcap</title>
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104 |
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105 | <para>
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106 | Install <application>libpcap</application> by running the
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107 | following commands:
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108 | </para>
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109 |
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110 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../libpcap-&libpcap-version;-enable_bluetooth-1.patch &&
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111 |
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112 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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113 | make</userinput></screen>
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114 |
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115 | <para>
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116 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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117 | </para>
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118 |
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119 | <para>
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120 | If you want to disable installing the static library, use this sed:
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121 | </para>
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122 |
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123 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/INSTALL_DATA.*libpcap.a\|RANLIB.*libpcap.a/ s/^/#/' Makefile</userinput></screen>
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124 |
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125 | <para>
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126 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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127 | </para>
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128 |
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129 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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130 |
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131 | </sect2>
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132 |
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133 | <sect2 role="commands">
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134 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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135 |
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136 | <para><option>--enable-bluetooth=no</option>: Necessary, if the
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137 | recommended patch is not applied, because since 1.6.1 this application
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138 | needs a fix, in order to build with
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139 | <application>bluez-5.21</application>.</para>
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140 |
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141 | </sect2>
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142 |
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143 | <sect2 role="content">
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144 | <title>Contents</title>
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145 |
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146 | <segmentedlist>
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147 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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148 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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149 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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150 |
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151 | <seglistitem>
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152 | <seg>
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153 | pcap-config
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154 | </seg>
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155 | <seg>
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156 | libpcap.so, libpcap.a (optional)
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157 | </seg>
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158 | <seg>
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159 | /usr/include/pcap
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160 | </seg>
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161 | </seglistitem>
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162 | </segmentedlist>
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163 |
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164 | <variablelist>
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165 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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166 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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167 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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168 |
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169 | <varlistentry id="pcap-config">
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170 | <term><command>pcap-config</command></term>
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171 | <listitem>
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172 | <para>
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173 | provides configuration information for
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174 | <application>libpcap</application>.
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175 | </para>
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176 | <indexterm zone="libpcap pcap-config">
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177 | <primary sortas="c-libpcap">pcap-config</primary>
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178 | </indexterm>
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179 | </listitem>
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180 | </varlistentry>
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181 |
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182 | <varlistentry id="libpcap-lib">
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183 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcap.{a,so}</filename></term>
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184 | <listitem>
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185 | <para>
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186 | are libraries used for user-level packet capture.
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187 | </para>
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188 | <indexterm zone="libpcap libpcap-lib">
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189 | <primary sortas="c-libpcap">libpcap.{a,so}</primary>
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190 | </indexterm>
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191 | </listitem>
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192 | </varlistentry>
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193 |
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194 | </variablelist>
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195 |
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196 | </sect2>
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197 |
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198 | </sect1>
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