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+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="llvm.css" type="text/css">
+  <title>LLVM 2.6 Release Notes</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<div class="doc_title">LLVM 2.6 Release Notes</div>
+
+<ol>
+  <li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#subproj">Sub-project Status Update</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#externalproj">External Projects Using LLVM 2.6</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#whatsnew">What's New in LLVM 2.6?</a></li>
+  <li><a href="GettingStarted.html">Installation Instructions</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#portability">Portability and Supported Platforms</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#knownproblems">Known Problems</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#additionalinfo">Additional Information</a></li>
+</ol>
+
+<div class="doc_author">
+  <p>Written by the <a href="http://llvm.org">LLVM Team</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+<div class="doc_section">
+  <a name="intro">Introduction</a>
+</div>
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>This document contains the release notes for the LLVM Compiler
+Infrastructure, release 2.6.  Here we describe the status of LLVM, including
+major improvements from the previous release and significant known problems.
+All LLVM releases may be downloaded from the <a
+href="http://llvm.org/releases/">LLVM releases web site</a>.</p>
+
+<p>For more information about LLVM, including information about the latest
+release, please check out the <a href="http://llvm.org/">main LLVM
+web site</a>.  If you have questions or comments, the <a
+href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVM Developer's Mailing
+List</a> is a good place to send them.</p>
+
+<p>Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the
+main LLVM web page, this document applies to the <i>next</i> release, not the
+current one.  To see the release notes for a specific release, please see the
+<a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">releases page</a>.</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- Unfinished features in 2.5:
+  Machine LICM
+  Machine Sinking
+  target-specific intrinsics
+  gold lto plugin
+  pre-alloc splitter, strong phi elim
+  <tt>llc -enable-value-prop</tt>, propagation of value info
+       (sign/zero ext info) from one MBB to another
+  debug info for optimized code
+  interpreter + libffi
+  postalloc scheduler: anti dependence breaking, hazard recognizer?
+
+initial support for debug line numbers when optimization enabled, not useful in
+  2.5 but will be for 2.6.
+
+ -->
+
+ <!-- for announcement email:
+   -->
+
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+<div class="doc_section">
+  <a name="subproj">Sub-project Status Update</a>
+</div>
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>
+The LLVM 2.6 distribution currently consists of code from the core LLVM
+repository &mdash;which roughly includes the LLVM optimizers, code generators
+and supporting tools &mdash; and the llvm-gcc repository.  In addition to this
+code, the LLVM Project includes other sub-projects that are in development.  The
+two which are the most actively developed are the <a href="#clang">Clang
+Project</a> and the <a href="#vmkit">VMKit Project</a>.
+</p>
+
+</div>
+
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="clang">Clang: C/C++/Objective-C Frontend Toolkit</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>The <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/">Clang project</a> is an effort to build
+a set of new 'LLVM native' front-end technologies for the LLVM optimizer and
+code generator.  While Clang is not included in the LLVM 2.6 release, it is
+continuing to make major strides forward in all areas.  Its C and Objective-C
+parsing and code generation support is now very solid.  For example, it is
+capable of successfully building many real-world applications for X86-32
+and X86-64,
+including the <a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/BuildingFreeBSDWithClang">FreeBSD
+kernel</a> and <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.2/">gcc 4.2</a>.  C++ is also
+making <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/cxx_status.html">incredible progress</a>,
+and work on templates has recently started.  If you are
+interested in fast compiles and good diagnostics, we encourage you to try it out
+by <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html">building from mainline</a>
+and reporting any issues you hit to the <a
+href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cfe-dev">Clang front-end mailing
+list</a>.</p>
+
+<p>In the LLVM 2.6 time-frame, the Clang team has made many improvements:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Something wonderful!</li>
+<li>Many many bugs are fixed and many features have been added.</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="clangsa">Clang Static Analyzer</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>Previously announced in the 2.4 LLVM release, the Clang project also
+includes an early stage static source code analysis tool for <a
+href="http://clang.llvm.org/StaticAnalysis.html">automatically finding bugs</a>
+in C and Objective-C programs. The tool performs a growing set of checks to find
+bugs that occur on a specific path within a program.</p>
+
+<p>In the LLVM 2.6 time-frame there have been many significant improvements to
+XYZ.</p>
+
+<p>The set of checks performed by the static analyzer continues to expand, and
+future plans for the tool include full source-level inter-procedural analysis
+and deeper checks such as buffer overrun detection. There are many opportunities
+to extend and enhance the static analyzer, and anyone interested in working on
+this project is encouraged to get involved!</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="vmkit">VMKit: JVM/CLI Virtual Machine Implementation</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>
+The <a href="http://vmkit.llvm.org/">VMKit project</a> is an implementation of
+a JVM and a CLI Virtual Machines (Microsoft .NET is an
+implementation of the CLI) using the Just-In-Time compiler of LLVM.</p>
+
+<p>Following LLVM 2.6, VMKit has its XYZ release that you can find on its
+<a href="http://vmkit.llvm.org/releases/">webpage</a>. The release includes
+bug fixes, cleanup and new features. The major changes are:</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>Something wonderful!</li>
+
+</ul>
+</div>
+
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+<div class="doc_section">
+  <a name="externalproj">External Projects Using LLVM 2.6</a>
+</div>
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="pure">Pure</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>
+<a href="http://pure-lang.googlecode.com/">Pure</a>
+is an algebraic/functional programming language based on term rewriting.
+Programs are collections of equations which are used to evaluate expressions in
+a symbolic fashion. Pure offers dynamic typing, eager and lazy evaluation,
+lexical closures, a hygienic macro system (also based on term rewriting),
+built-in list and matrix support (including list and matrix comprehensions) and
+an easy-to-use C interface. The interpreter uses LLVM as a backend to
+ JIT-compile Pure programs to fast native code.</p>
+
+<p>In addition to the usual algebraic data structures, Pure also has
+MATLAB-style matrices in order to support numeric computations and signal
+processing in an efficient way. Pure is mainly aimed at mathematical
+applications right now, but it has been designed as a general purpose language.
+The dynamic interpreter environment and the C interface make it possible to use
+it as a kind of functional scripting language for many application areas.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="ldc">LLVM D Compiler</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>
+<a href="http://www.dsource.org/projects/ldc">LDC</a> is an implementation of
+the D Programming Language using the LLVM optimizer and code generator.
+The LDC project works great with the LLVM 2.6 release.  General improvements in
+this
+cycle have included new inline asm constraint handling, better debug info
+support, general bugfixes, and better x86-64 support.  This has allowed
+some major improvements in LDC, getting us much closer to being as
+fully featured as the original DMD compiler from DigitalMars.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="RoadsendPHP">Roadsend PHP</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p><a href="http://code.roadsend.com/rphp">Roadsend PHP</a> (rphp) is an open
+source implementation of the PHP programming 
+language that uses LLVM for its optimizer, JIT, and static compiler. This is a 
+reimplementation of an earlier project that is now based on LLVM.</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+<div class="doc_section">
+  <a name="whatsnew">What's New in LLVM 2.6?</a>
+</div>
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>This release includes a huge number of bug fixes, performance tweaks, and
+minor improvements.  Some of the major improvements and new features are listed
+in this section.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="majorfeatures">Major New Features</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>LLVM 2.6 includes several major new capabilities:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Something wonderful!</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="llvm-gcc">llvm-gcc 4.2 Improvements</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>LLVM fully supports the llvm-gcc 4.2 front-end, which marries the GCC
+front-ends and driver with the LLVM optimizer and code generator.  It currently
+includes support for the C, C++, Objective-C, Ada, and Fortran front-ends.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Something wonderful!</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="coreimprovements">LLVM IR and Core Improvements</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>LLVM IR has several new features that are used by our existing front-ends and
+can be useful if you are writing a front-end for LLVM:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Something wonderful!</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="optimizer">Optimizer Improvements</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>In addition to a large array of bug fixes and minor performance tweaks, this
+release includes a few major enhancements and additions to the optimizers:</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>Something wonderful!</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="codegen">Target Independent Code Generator Improvements</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>We have put a significant amount of work into the code generator
+infrastructure, which allows us to implement more aggressive algorithms and make
+it run faster:</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>Something wonderful!</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="x86">X86-32 and X86-64 Target Improvements</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>New features of the X86 target include:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>Something wonderful!</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="pic16">PIC16 Target Improvements</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>New features of the PIC16 target include:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Something wonderful!</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Things not yet supported:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Floating point.</li>
+<li>Passing/returning aggregate types to and from functions.</li>
+<li>Variable arguments.</li>
+<li>Indirect function calls.</li>
+<li>Interrupts/programs.</li>
+<li>Debug info.</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="llvmc">Improvements in LLVMC</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>New features include:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Something wonderful!</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="changes">Major Changes and Removed Features</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>If you're already an LLVM user or developer with out-of-tree changes based
+on LLVM 2.4, this section lists some "gotchas" that you may run into upgrading
+from the previous release.</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>Something horrible!</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>In addition, many APIs have changed in this release.  Some of the major LLVM
+API changes are:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>The <tt>getABITypeSize</tt> methods are now called <tt>getAllocSize</tt>.</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+
+
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+<div class="doc_section">
+  <a name="portability">Portability and Supported Platforms</a>
+</div>
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>LLVM is known to work on the following platforms:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Intel and AMD machines (IA32, X86-64, AMD64, EMT-64) running Red Hat
+Linux, Fedora Core and FreeBSD (and probably other unix-like systems).</li>
+<li>PowerPC and X86-based Mac OS X systems, running 10.3 and above in 32-bit
+and 64-bit modes.</li>
+<li>Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 using MinGW libraries (native).</li>
+<li>Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 with the Cygwin libraries (limited
+    support is available for native builds with Visual C++).</li>
+<li>Sun UltraSPARC workstations running Solaris 10.</li>
+<li>Alpha-based machines running Debian GNU/Linux.</li>
+<li>Itanium-based (IA64) machines running Linux and HP-UX.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The core LLVM infrastructure uses GNU autoconf to adapt itself
+to the machine and operating system on which it is built.  However, minor
+porting may be required to get LLVM to work on new platforms.  We welcome your
+portability patches and reports of successful builds or error messages.</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+<div class="doc_section">
+  <a name="knownproblems">Known Problems</a>
+</div>
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>This section contains significant known problems with the LLVM system,
+listed by component.  If you run into a problem, please check the <a
+href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">LLVM bug database</a> and submit a bug if
+there isn't already one.</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="experimental">Experimental features included with this release</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>The following components of this LLVM release are either untested, known to
+be broken or unreliable, or are in early development.  These components should
+not be relied on, and bugs should not be filed against them, but they may be
+useful to some people.  In particular, if you would like to work on one of these
+components, please contact us on the <a
+href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVMdev list</a>.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>The MSIL, IA64, Alpha, SPU, MIPS, and PIC16 backends are experimental.</li>
+<li>The <tt>llc</tt> "<tt>-filetype=asm</tt>" (the default) is the only
+    supported value for this option.</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="x86-be">Known problems with the X86 back-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<ul>
+  <li>The X86 backend does not yet support
+    all <a href="http://llvm.org/PR879">inline assembly that uses the X86
+    floating point stack</a>.  It supports the 'f' and 't' constraints, but not
+    'u'.</li>
+  <li>The X86 backend generates inefficient floating point code when configured
+    to generate code for systems that don't have SSE2.</li>
+  <li>Win64 code generation wasn't widely tested. Everything should work, but we
+    expect small issues to happen. Also, llvm-gcc cannot build the mingw64
+    runtime currently due
+    to <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2255">several</a>
+    <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2257">bugs</a> and due to lack of support for
+    the
+    'u' inline assembly constraint and for X87 floating point inline assembly.</li>
+  <li>The X86-64 backend does not yet support the LLVM IR instruction
+      <tt>va_arg</tt>. Currently, the llvm-gcc and front-ends support variadic
+      argument constructs on X86-64 by lowering them manually.</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="ppc-be">Known problems with the PowerPC back-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<ul>
+<li>The Linux PPC32/ABI support needs testing for the interpreter and static
+compilation, and lacks support for debug information.</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="arm-be">Known problems with the ARM back-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<ul>
+<li>Thumb mode works only on ARMv6 or higher processors. On sub-ARMv6
+processors, thumb programs can crash or produce wrong
+results (<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1388">PR1388</a>).</li>
+<li>Compilation for ARM Linux OABI (old ABI) is supported but not fully tested.
+</li>
+<li>There is a bug in QEMU-ARM (&lt;= 0.9.0) which causes it to incorrectly
+ execute
+programs compiled with LLVM.  Please use more recent versions of QEMU.</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="sparc-be">Known problems with the SPARC back-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<ul>
+<li>The SPARC backend only supports the 32-bit SPARC ABI (-m32); it does not
+    support the 64-bit SPARC ABI (-m64).</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="mips-be">Known problems with the MIPS back-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<ul>
+<li>The O32 ABI is not fully supported.</li>
+<li>64-bit MIPS targets are not supported yet.</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="alpha-be">Known problems with the Alpha back-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>On 21164s, some rare FP arithmetic sequences which may trap do not have the
+appropriate nops inserted to ensure restartability.</li>
+
+</ul>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="ia64-be">Known problems with the IA64 back-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<ul>
+<li>The Itanium backend is highly experimental and has a number of known
+    issues.  We are looking for a maintainer for the Itanium backend.  If you
+    are interested, please contact the LLVMdev mailing list.</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="c-be">Known problems with the C back-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR802">The C backend has only basic support for
+    inline assembly code</a>.</li>
+<li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR1658">The C backend violates the ABI of common
+    C++ programs</a>, preventing intermixing between C++ compiled by the CBE and
+    C++ code compiled with <tt>llc</tt> or native compilers.</li>
+<li>The C backend does not support all exception handling constructs.</li>
+<li>The C backend does not support arbitrary precision integers.</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="c-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc C front-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>llvm-gcc does not currently support <a href="http://llvm.org/PR869">Link-Time
+Optimization</a> on most platforms "out-of-the-box".  Please inquire on the
+LLVMdev mailing list if you are interested.</p>
+
+<p>The only major language feature of GCC not supported by llvm-gcc is
+    the <tt>__builtin_apply</tt> family of builtins.   However, some extensions
+    are only supported on some targets.  For example, trampolines are only
+    supported on some targets (these are used when you take the address of a
+    nested function).</p>
+
+<p>If you run into GCC extensions which are not supported, please let us know.
+</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="c++-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc C++ front-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>The C++ front-end is considered to be fully
+tested and works for a number of non-trivial programs, including LLVM
+itself, Qt, Mozilla, etc.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Exception handling works well on the X86 and PowerPC targets. Currently
+  only Linux and Darwin targets are supported (both 32 and 64 bit).</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="fortran-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc Fortran front-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<ul>
+<li>Fortran support generally works, but there are still several unresolved bugs
+    in Bugzilla.  Please see the tools/gfortran component for details.</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+  <a name="ada-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc Ada front-end</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+The llvm-gcc 4.2 Ada compiler works fairly well; however, this is not a mature
+technology, and problems should be expected.
+<ul>
+<li>The Ada front-end currently only builds on X86-32.  This is mainly due
+to lack of trampoline support (pointers to nested functions) on other platforms.
+However, it <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2006">also fails to build on X86-64</a>
+which does support trampolines.</li>
+<li>The Ada front-end <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2007">fails to bootstrap</a>.
+This is due to lack of LLVM support for <tt>setjmp</tt>/<tt>longjmp</tt> style
+exception handling, which is used internally by the compiler.
+Workaround: configure with --disable-bootstrap.</li>
+<li>The c380004, <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2010">c393010</a>
+and <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2421">cxg2021</a> ACATS tests fail
+(c380004 also fails with gcc-4.2 mainline).
+If the compiler is built with checks disabled then <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2010">c393010</a>
+causes the compiler to go into an infinite loop, using up all system memory.</li>
+<li>Some GCC specific Ada tests continue to crash the compiler.</li>
+<li>The -E binder option (exception backtraces)
+<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1982">does not work</a> and will result in programs
+crashing if an exception is raised.  Workaround: do not use -E.</li>
+<li>Only discrete types <a href="http://llvm.org/PR1981">are allowed to start
+or finish at a non-byte offset</a> in a record.  Workaround: do not pack records
+or use representation clauses that result in a field of a non-discrete type
+starting or finishing in the middle of a byte.</li>
+<li>The <tt>lli</tt> interpreter <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2009">considers
+'main' as generated by the Ada binder to be invalid</a>.
+Workaround: hand edit the file to use pointers for <tt>argv</tt> and
+<tt>envp</tt> rather than integers.</li>
+<li>The <tt>-fstack-check</tt> option <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2008">is
+ignored</a>.</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+
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+href="http://llvm.org/docs/">documentation</a> section.  The web page also
+contains versions of the API documentation which is up-to-date with the
+Subversion version of the source code.
+You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by going
+into the "<tt>llvm/doc/</tt>" directory in the LLVM tree.</p>
+
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author	Duncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr>	2009-06-24 08:38:48 +0000
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