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+/*
+ * Target environment for FreeBSD.  It is the same as the generic
+ * target, except it arranges to suppress the use of "/" as a comment
+ * character.  Some code in the FreeBSD kernel uses "/" to mean
+ * division.  (What a concept.)
+ */
+#define TE_FreeBSD 1
+#include "te-generic.h"