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+INSTALL
+Makefile.in
+Makefile
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache/
+config.guess
+config.h.in
+config.rpath
+config.sub
+config.status
+config.log
+config.h
+confdefs.h
+conftest.*
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+m4/
+missing
+mkinstalldirs
+po/Makefile.in.in
+po/Makevars.template
+po/Rules-quot
+po/boldquot.sed
+po/en@boldquot.header
+po/en@quot.header
+po/insert-header.sin
+po/quot.sed
+po/remove-potcdate.sin
+po/Makefile
+po/POTFILES
+po/*.gmo
+po/stamp-po
+stamp-h1
+.deps/
+*.o