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                <h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Chris</span> <span class="surname">Waters</span></h3>
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                <h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Joey</span> <span class="surname">Hess</span></h3>
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                <h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Joost</span> <span class="surname">Witteveen</span></h3>
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            <p class="releaseinfo">version 4.6.0.1</p>
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            <p class="copyright">Copyright © 1999 Chris Waters, Joey Hess, Joost Witteveen</p>
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            <p class="pubdate">2021-08-18</p>
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        This manual describes the policy requirements for the Menu system
        used in the Debian distribution.  This document is part of the
        policy package for Debian.
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