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+# List of gnulib modules needed for GNU tar.
+# A module name per line. Empty lines and comments are ignored.
+
+alloca
+argmatch
+argp
+backupfile
+dirname
+error
+exclude
+fileblocks
+fnmatch-gnu
+ftruncate
+full-write
+getdate
+getline
+getopt
+getpagesize
+gettext
+gettime
+hash
+human
+lchown
+localcharset
+memset
+modechange
+obstack
+quote
+quotearg
+rmdir
+safe-read
+save-cwd
+savedir
+setenv
+stdbool
+stpcpy
+strtol
+strtoul
+timespec
+unlocked-io
+utime
+xalloc
+xalloc-die
+xgetcwd
+xstrtoumax