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+/* Common argp_print_version_hook for all tools.
+   Copyright (C) 2017 The Qt Company Ltd.
+   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 PRINTVERSION_H
+#define PRINTVERSION_H 1
+
+#include <argp.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/* Defined in version.c.  Common ARGP_PROGRAM_VERSION_HOOK_DEF.  */
+void print_version (FILE *stream, struct argp_state *state);
+
+/* We need define two variables, argp_program_version_hook and
+   argp_program_bug_address, in all programs.  argp.h declares these
+   variables as non-const (which is correct in general).  But we can
+   do better, it is not going to change.  So we want to move them into
+   the .rodata section.  Define macros to do the trick.  */
+#define ARGP_PROGRAM_VERSION_HOOK_DEF \
+  void (*const apvh) (FILE *, struct argp_state *) \
+   __asm ("argp_program_version_hook")
+#define ARGP_PROGRAM_BUG_ADDRESS_DEF \
+  const char *const apba__ __asm ("argp_program_bug_address")
+
+#endif // PRINTVERSION_H