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+/* Header file for the Emacs build fingerprint.
+
+Copyright (C) 2016, 2018-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
+your option) any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef EMACS_FINGERPRINT_H
+#define EMACS_FINGERPRINT_H
+
+/* We generate fingerprint.c and fingerprint.o from all the sources in
+   Emacs.  This way, we have a unique value that we can use to pair
+   data files (like a portable dump image) with a specific build of
+   Emacs.  */
+extern unsigned char const fingerprint[32];
+
+#endif