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+/*
+ *  Version information
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2006-2010, Paul Bakker <polarssl_maintainer at polarssl.org>
+ *  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  This program 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 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#include "polarssl/config.h"
+
+#if defined(POLARSSL_VERSION_C)
+
+#include "polarssl/version.h"
+#include <string.h>
+
+const char version[] = POLARSSL_VERSION_STRING;
+
+unsigned int version_get_number()
+{
+    return POLARSSL_VERSION_NUMBER;
+}
+
+void version_get_string( char *string )
+{
+    memcpy( string, POLARSSL_VERSION_STRING, sizeof( POLARSSL_VERSION_STRING ) );
+}
+
+void version_get_string_full( char *string )
+{
+    memcpy( string, POLARSSL_VERSION_STRING_FULL, sizeof( POLARSSL_VERSION_STRING_FULL ) );
+}
+
+#endif /* POLARSSL_VERSION_C */