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+/* Declarations for the common library.
+   Copyright (C) 2006-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef LIBEU_H
+#define LIBEU_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+extern void *xmalloc (size_t) __attribute__ ((__malloc__));
+extern void *xcalloc (size_t, size_t) __attribute__ ((__malloc__));
+extern void *xrealloc (void *, size_t) __attribute__ ((__malloc__));
+
+extern char *xstrdup (const char *) __attribute__ ((__malloc__));
+extern char *xstrndup (const char *, size_t) __attribute__ ((__malloc__));
+
+
+extern uint32_t crc32 (uint32_t crc, unsigned char *buf, size_t len);
+extern int crc32_file (int fd, uint32_t *resp);
+
+#endif