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+This is GNU libltdl, a system independent dlopen wrapper for GNU libtool.
+
+It supports the following dlopen interfaces:
+* dlopen (Solaris, Linux and various BSD flavors)
+* shl_load (HP-UX)
+* LoadLibrary (Win16 and Win32)
+* load_add_on (BeOS)
+* GNU DLD (emulates dynamic linking for static libraries)
+* libtool's dlpreopen