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+#ifdef SUPPORT_XATTRS
+
+#if defined HAVE_ATTR_XATTR_H
+#include <attr/xattr.h>
+#elif defined HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H
+#include <sys/xattr.h>
+#elif defined HAVE_SYS_EXTATTR_H
+#include <sys/extattr.h>
+#endif
+
+/* Linux 2.4 does not define this as a distinct errno value: */
+#ifndef ENOATTR
+#define ENOATTR ENODATA
+#endif
+
+ssize_t sys_lgetxattr(const char *path, const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
+ssize_t sys_fgetxattr(int filedes, const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
+int sys_lsetxattr(const char *path, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size);
+int sys_lremovexattr(const char *path, const char *name);
+ssize_t sys_llistxattr(const char *path, char *list, size_t size);
+
+#else
+
+/* No xattrs available */
+
+#endif