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+*.o
+*.o.*
+*.a
+*.s
+*.ko
+*.la
+*.lo
+*.so
+*.so.dbg
+*.mod.c
+*.i
+*.lst
+*.symtypes
+*.order
+modules.builtin
+*.elf
+*.bin
+*.gz
+*.bz2
+*.lzma
+*.xz
+*.lzo
+*.patch
+*.gcno
+*.gmo
+
+.deps
+aclocal*
+autom4te.cache
+depcomp
+ChangeLog
+compile
+config.*
+configure
+configure.ac
+docs/*
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+Makefile
+Makefile.in*
+m4
+missing
+mkinstalldirs
+panel-plugin/eyes.desktop
+panel-plugin/xfce4-eyes-plugin
+po/POTFILES
+po/stamp-it
+readme.txt
+stamp-*
+INSTALL
+intltool-*.in
+install-sh