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* New Cygwin install and "configure: command not found" installing other packages
@ 2009-01-28 16:59 Bill Klein
  2009-01-28 17:24 ` Thorsten Kampe
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Bill Klein @ 2009-01-28 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

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I am new and know that I have done something wrong, but haven't been able to
find the solution in the FAQ or archives.

when I type
   .\configure
I am getting the 
  configure: command not found
message.

However, if I type
  sh .\configure

it works fine.  This happens when trying to install several different
packages.  I have read about CR/LF problems and I have used tar to "unzip"
the packages.  I even ran dos2unix on them and this does not help.

Right after I first installed Cygwin, this worked for the first package.
However, then it stopped.  I thought I had messed something up, so I totally
uninstalled everything (including Cygwin) and re-installed and still am
having this problem (and using "sh" first still works.

I am running on XP.  I have attached a cygchekc.out file and hope that
someone can tell me what obvious thing I have done wrong and how to fix it.

Thanks in advance.

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Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Wed Jan 28 10:11:12 2009

Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3

Path:	C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
	C:\cygwin\bin
	C:\cygwin\bin
	C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
	c:\Program Files\Fujitsu NetCOBOL for Windows\
	c:\WINNT\system32
	c:\WINNT
	c:\WINNT\system32\WBEM
	MGISHAREDDIR
	"C
	C:\cygwin\Program Files\PKWARE\PKZIPC\
	c:\ATF

Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
UID: 1004(William M. Klein) GID: 513(None)
0(root)                     513(None)
544(Administrators)         545(Users)
1007(Debugger Users)

Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
UID: 1004(William M. Klein) GID: 513(None)
0(root)                     513(None)
544(Administrators)         545(Users)
1007(Debugger Users)

SysDir: C:\WINNT\system32
WinDir: C:\WINNT

USER = 'William M. Klein'
PWD = '/home/William M. Klein'
HOME = '/home/William M. Klein'
MAKE_MODE = 'unix'

HOMEPATH = '\Documents and Settings\William M. Klein'
MANPATH = '/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man:'
APPDATA = 'C:\Documents and Settings\William M. Klein\Application Data'
HOSTNAME = 'WMK'
TERM = 'cygwin'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'x86 Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2, GenuineIntel'
WINDIR = 'C:\WINNT'
VSCOMNTOOLS = '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\Tools\"'
OLDPWD = '/usr/bin'
USERDOMAIN = 'WMK'
OS = 'Windows_NT'
ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'
!:: = '::\'
TEMP = '/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/WILLIA~1.KLE/LOCALS~1/Temp'
COMMONPROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files\Common Files'
LIB = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\Lib\'
USERNAME = 'William M. Klein'
PROCESSOR_LEVEL = '15'
SP2CFG = 'C:\SPFJ40\SP2.CFG'
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK = 'NO'
SYSTEMDRIVE = 'C:'
USERPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\William M. Klein'
PS1 = '\[\e]0;\w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$ '
LOGONSERVER = '\\WMK'
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = 'x86'
!C: = 'C:\cygwin\bin'
SHLVL = '1'
PATHEXT = '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH'
HOMEDRIVE = 'C:'
PROMPT = '$P$G'
COMSPEC = 'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe'
TMP = '/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/WILLIA~1.KLE/LOCALS~1/Temp'
SYSTEMROOT = 'C:\WINNT'
PRINTER = 'Epson Stylus COLOR 600 ESC/P 2'
CVS_RSH = '/bin/ssh'
PROCESSOR_REVISION = '0102'
INFOPATH = '/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:'
PROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files'
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = '1'
INCLUDE = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\include\'
SESSIONNAME = 'Console'
COMPUTERNAME = 'WMK'
_ = '/usr/bin/cygcheck'

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
  (default) = '/cygdrive'
  cygdrive flags = 0x00000022
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/
  (default) = 'C:\cygwin'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin
  (default) = 'C:\cygwin/bin'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib
  (default) = 'C:\cygwin/lib'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options

a:  fd             N/A    N/A                    
c:  hd  NTFS     38162Mb  42% CP CS UN PA FC     
d:  cd             N/A    N/A                    

C:\cygwin      /          system  binmode
C:\cygwin/bin  /usr/bin   system  binmode
C:\cygwin/lib  /usr/lib   system  binmode
.              /cygdrive  system  binmode,cygdrive

Found: C:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe
Not Found: crontab
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\kill.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\make.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe
Not Found: patch
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\perl.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe
Not Found: ssh
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\test.exe
Not Found: vi
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\vim.exe

  462k 2009/01/28 C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\cygltdl-7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygltdl-7.dll" v0.0 ts=2009/1/28 8:07
   61k 2008/04/01 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygbz2-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/3/31 22:37
    7k 2003/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygcrypt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/10/19 2:57
  943k 2007/12/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygdb-4.5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygdb-4.5.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/12/17 7:12
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                  "cygdb_cxx-4.5.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/12/17 7:12
  118k 2008/05/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygexpat-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygexpat-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/5/8 23:03
   40k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygform-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 1:06
   48k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygform7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 4:25
   19k 2006/11/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cyggdbm-4.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/19 2:18
    8k 2006/11/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cyggdbm_compat-4.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/19 2:18
   24k 2008/11/29 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cyghistory6.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/11/29 8:30
  271k 2007/08/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygicons-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygicons-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/8/24 2:24
  978k 2008/11/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/11/9 18:35
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                  "cygintl-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/10 16:50
   31k 2005/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygintl-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2005/11/19 20:04
   31k 2008/12/31 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygintl-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/12/31 1:42
   28k 2008/11/08 C:\cygwin\bin\cygltdl-7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygltdl-7.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/11/7 15:39
   12k 2008/08/26 C:\cygwin\bin\cyglzmadec-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cyglzmadec-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/8/25 21:31
   83k 2007/06/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmagic-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygmagic-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/6/6 5:41
   21k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygmenu-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 1:05
   29k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygmenu7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 4:25
   67k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygncurses++-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 1:13
  237k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygncurses-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 1:02
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                  "cygncurses7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 4:24
   12k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygpanel-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 1:04
   19k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygpanel7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/8/9 4:24
  181k 2008/09/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygpcre-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/9/6 22:36
  302k 2008/09/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcrecpp-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygpcrecpp-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/9/6 22:36
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                  "cygpcreposix-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/9/6 22:36
 1543k 2008/07/03 C:\cygwin\bin\cygperl5_10.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygperl5_10.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/6/30 11:06
   22k 2002/06/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygpopt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/9 0:45
  155k 2008/11/29 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygreadline6.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/11/29 8:30
   65k 2006/10/16 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/15 20:10
 1829k 2008/06/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/6/12 12:35
    Cygwin DLL version info:
        DLL version: 1.5.25
        DLL epoch: 19
        DLL bad signal mask: 19005
        DLL old termios: 5
        DLL malloc env: 28
        API major: 0
        API minor: 156
        Shared data: 4
        DLL identifier: cygwin1
        Mount registry: 2
        Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
        Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
        Program options name: Program Options
        Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
        Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
        Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
        Cygdrive default prefix: 
        Build date: Thu Jun 12 19:34:46 CEST 2008
        CVS tag: cr-0x5f1
        Shared id: cygwin1S4


Can't find the cygrunsrv utility, skipping services check.


Cygwin Package Information
Last downloaded files to: C:\OC\Cygwin
Last downloaded files from: http://www.goh4.com/cygwin/

Package              Version
_update-info-dir     00796-1
alternatives         1.3.30c-2
ash                  20040127-4
autoconf             6-1
autoconf2.1          2.13-5
autoconf2.5          2.63-1
automake             3-1
automake1.10         1.10.1-2
automake1.4          1.4p6-5
automake1.5          1.5-3
automake1.6          1.6.3-5
automake1.7          1.7.9-4
automake1.8          1.8.5-4
automake1.9          1.9.6-3
base-files           3.7-1
base-passwd          2.2-1
bash                 3.2.48-21
binutils             20080624-2
bzip2                1.0.5-2
coreutils            6.10-2
crypt                1.1-1
cygutils             1.3.2-1
cygwin               1.5.25-15
cygwin-doc           1.4-4
d                    1.2.0-1
diffutils            2.8.7-1
editrights           1.01-2
emacs                21.2-13
expat                2.0.1-1
file                 4.21-1
findutils            4.4.0-3
gawk                 3.1.6-1
gcc-core             3.4.4-3
gcc-mingw-core       20050522-1
gdb                  6.8-2
gdbm                 1.8.3-8
grep                 2.5.3-1
groff                1.19.2-2
gzip                 1.3.12-2
less                 382-1
libbz2_1             1.0.5-2
libdb4.5             4.5.20.2-2
libexpat1            2.0.1-1
libexpat1-devel      2.0.1-1
libgdbm4             1.8.3-8
libiconv2            1.12-1
libintl2             0.12.1-3
libintl3             0.14.5-1
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libpopt0             1.6.4-4
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make                 3.81-2
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man                  1.6e-1
mingw-runtime        3.15.2-1
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rebase               2.4.4-1
run                  1.1.10-1
sed                  4.1.5-2
tar                  1.21-1
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termcap              20050421-1
terminfo             5.5_20061104-1
texinfo              4.8a-1
tzcode               2008h-1
vim                  7.2-3
w32api               3.13-1
which                2.20-1
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zlib                 1.2.3-2
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* Re: New Cygwin install and "configure: command not found" installing other packages
  2009-01-28 16:59 New Cygwin install and "configure: command not found" installing other packages Bill Klein
@ 2009-01-28 17:24 ` Thorsten Kampe
  2009-01-28 17:32   ` Bill Klein
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Kampe @ 2009-01-28 17:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

* Bill Klein (Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:40:48 -0600)
> I am new and know that I have done something wrong, but haven't been
> able to find the solution in the FAQ or archives.
> 
> when I type
>    .\configure
> I am getting the 
>   configure: command not found
> message.

The path separator on Unix is "/". So it should be "./configure". Please 
consider getting some basic shell knowledge before using a shell.

Thorsten


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* RE: New Cygwin install and "configure: command not found" installing other packages
  2009-01-28 17:24 ` Thorsten Kampe
@ 2009-01-28 17:32   ` Bill Klein
  2009-01-28 18:14     ` Sjors Gielen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Bill Klein @ 2009-01-28 17:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Thorsten Kampe
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:59 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: New Cygwin install and "configure: command not 
> found" installing other packages
> 
> * Bill Klein (Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:40:48 -0600)
> > I am new and know that I have done something wrong, but haven't been
> > able to find the solution in the FAQ or archives.
> > 
> > when I type
> >    .\configure
> > I am getting the 
> >   configure: command not found
> > message.
> 
> The path separator on Unix is "/". So it should be 
> "./configure". Please 
> consider getting some basic shell knowledge before using a shell.
> 
> Thorsten
> 

A) my hope is to use as little "shell" as possible.  I am installing Cygwin
in order to be able to use a specific "product" that does not (normally)
require shell programming.

B) I am using the commands as they appear in the INSTALL file for the
packages that I am using. (I simply made a typo in my original note)

C) After trying the original command, I ran this from the directory where
the "configure" file was (which I verified with "dir").

when I typed
   configure
it got the "configure: command not found" message

when I typed
   sh configure

it worked.

The file "configure" is NOT something that I created but was supplied with
the packages.  Two packages that have had this same problem are "from
reliable" sites. For example:
  http://gmplib.org/
  http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/libtool.html
 
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/db/index.html


I can't believe that ALL 3 have made a mistake in their INSTALL instructions
or in their "configure" file.

I am certain, as I said, that I have done something wrong. (Possibly not
installed something in Cygwin that I should have).  However, I need help in
finding out what it is.

  


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* Re: New Cygwin install and "configure: command not found" installing  other packages
  2009-01-28 17:32   ` Bill Klein
@ 2009-01-28 18:14     ` Sjors Gielen
  2009-01-28 19:23       ` Bill Klein
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sjors Gielen @ 2009-01-28 18:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

Bill Klein wrote:
> 
> A) my hope is to use as little "shell" as possible.  I am installing Cygwin
> in order to be able to use a specific "product" that does not (normally)
> require shell programming.
> 
> B) I am using the commands as they appear in the INSTALL file for the
> packages that I am using. (I simply made a typo in my original note)
> 
> C) After trying the original command, I ran this from the directory where
> the "configure" file was (which I verified with "dir").
> 
> when I typed
>    configure
> it got the "configure: command not found" message
> 
> when I typed
>    sh configure
> 
> it worked.

That's because when you type 'configure', it searches for a file with 
that name in your $PATH, i.e. in /bin, /usr/bin, but not in the local 
directory (.). `sh` is in /bin/sh, and it searches in the current 
directory, so `sh configure` works. However, it's better to run:

./configure

as then you explicitly say "I want to run configure in this directory".

> 
> The file "configure" is NOT something that I created but was supplied with
> the packages.  Two packages that have had this same problem are "from
> reliable" sites. For example:
>   http://gmplib.org/
>   http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/libtool.html
>  

We know. Configure is a standard program that prepares compilation.

Sjors

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* RE: New Cygwin install and "configure: command not found" installing  other packages
  2009-01-28 18:14     ` Sjors Gielen
@ 2009-01-28 19:23       ` Bill Klein
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Bill Klein @ 2009-01-28 19:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin

> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Sjors Gielen
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:21 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: New Cygwin install and "configure: command not 
> found" installing other packages
<snip>
> That's because when you type 'configure', it searches for a file with 
> that name in your $PATH, i.e. in /bin, /usr/bin, but not in the local 
> directory (.). `sh` is in /bin/sh, and it searches in the current 
> directory, so `sh configure` works. However, it's better to run:
> 
> ./configure
> 
> as then you explicitly say "I want to run configure in this 
> directory".
> 
> > 
> > The file "configure" is NOT something that I created but 
> was supplied with
> > the packages.  Two packages that have had this same problem 
> are "from
> > reliable" sites. For example:
> >   http://gmplib.org/
> >   http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/libtool.html
> >  
> 
> We know. Configure is a standard program that prepares compilation.
> 
> Sjors

I would swear that I had used "./" and not ".\" but, apparently, I hadn't
because (of course) now it works with the correct command.

Thanks for the explanation (that made be retry it).


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