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+#include "ares_setup.h"
+
+
+/* only do the following on windows
+ */
+#if (defined(WIN32) || defined(WATT32)) && !defined(MSDOS)
+
+#ifdef __WATCOMC__
+/*
+ * Watcom needs a DllMain() in order to initialise the clib startup code.
+ */
+BOOL
+WINAPI DllMain (HINSTANCE hnd, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved)
+{
+ (void) hnd;
+ (void) reason;
+ (void) reserved;
+ return (TRUE);
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* WIN32 builds only */