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+2001-11-04  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>
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+	* fpending.m4: Remove unused cruft that saved, set, and restored $DEFS.
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 2001-11-03  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>
 
 	* jm-glibc-io.m4n (jm_FUNC_GLIBC_UNLOCKED_IO): Quote first arg