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+#ifndef YAJL_VERSION_H_
+#define YAJL_VERSION_H_
+/* Fallback for libyajl 1 which does not provide yajl_version.h */
+#define YAJL_MAJOR 1
+#define YAJL_MINOR 0
+#define YAJL_MICRO 0
+#endif