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+# libzint.la - a libtool library file
+#
+# Please DO NOT delete this file!
+# It is necessary for linking the library.
+
+# The name that we can dlopen(3).
+dlname='../bin/zint.dll'
+
+# Names of this library.
+library_names='libzint.dll.a'
+
+# The name of the static archive.
+old_library='libzint.a'
+
+# Linker flags that can not go in dependency_libs.
+inherited_linker_flags=''
+
+# Libraries that this one depends upon.
+dependency_libs=''
+
+# Names of additional weak libraries provided by this library
+weak_library_names=''
+
+# Version information for libz.
+current=2
+age=4
+revision=1
+
+# Is this an already installed library?
+installed=yes
+
+# Should we warn about portability when linking against -modules?
+shouldnotlink=no
+
+# Files to dlopen/dlpreopen
+dlopen=''
+dlpreopen=''
+
+# Directory that this library needs to be installed in:
+libdir='/mingw/lib'