I have 8MB flash and down to 507KB

I just upgraded to 21.2.0 r16279-5cc0535800 / LuCI openwrt-21.02 branch git-21.231.26241-422c175 on my TP-Link TL-WDR3500 v1.

I want to add the software to mount a drive but I do not have the space.
This is the software I have loaded. I do not remember adding any of it:

Package name	Version	Size (.ipk)	Description	 
luci-ssl	git-20.244.36115-e10f954	~973 B	LuCI with HTTPS support (WolfSSL as SSL backend)	
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luci-theme-bootstrap	git-21.164.71418-bd36169	~14.3 KB	Bootstrap Theme (default)	
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mtd	26	~14.6 KB	This package contains an utility useful to upgrade from other firmware or…	
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netifd	2021-07-26-440eb064-1	~75.9 KB	OpenWrt Network Interface Configuration Daemon	
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odhcp6c	2021-01-09-53f07e90-16	~24.2 KB	Embedded DHCPv6-client for OpenWrt	
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odhcpd-ipv6only	2021-07-18-bc9d317f-3	~37.5 KB	odhcpd is a daemon for serving and relaying IP management protocols to…	
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openwrt-keyring	2021-02-20-49283916-2	~1.1 KB	The keyring of with the developer using and gpg public keys.	
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opkg	2021-06-13-1bf042dd-1	~59.6 KB	Lightweight package management system…	
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ppp	2.4.8.git-2020-10-03-3	~113.3 KB	This package contains the PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) daemon.	
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ppp-mod-pppoe	2.4.8.git-2020-10-03-3	~10.4 KB	This package contains a PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) plugin for ppp.	
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procd	2021-02-23-37eed131-1	~50.3 KB	OpenWrt system process manager	
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px5g-wolfssl	3	~5.2 KB	Px5g is a tiny X.509 certificate generator.…	
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rpcd	2021-03-11-ccb75178-1	~23.5 KB	This package provides the UBUS RPC backend server to expose various…	
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rpcd-mod-file	2021-03-11-ccb75178-1	~7.4 KB	Provides ubus calls for file and directory operations.	
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rpcd-mod-iwinfo	2021-03-11-ccb75178-1	~7.4 KB	Provides ubus calls for accessing iwinfo data.	
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rpcd-mod-luci	20210614	~13.0 KB	Provides LuCI backend ubus RPC operations.	
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rpcd-mod-rrdns	20170710	~4.5 KB	Provides rapid mass reverse DNS lookup functionality.	
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swconfig	12	~8.1 KB	Switch configuration utility	
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terminfo	6.2-1	~7.0 KB	Terminal Info Database (ncurses)	
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uboot-envtools	2021.01-10	~13.6 KB	This package includes tools to read and modify U-Boot bootloader environment.	
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ubox	2020-10-25-9ef88681-2	~14.2 KB	OpenWrt system helper toolbox	
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ubus	2021-06-30-4fc532c8-2	~6.4 KB	OpenWrt RPC client utility	
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ubusd	2021-06-30-4fc532c8-2	~12.2 KB	OpenWrt RPC daemon	
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uci	2020-10-06-52bbc99f-5	~7.3 KB	Utility for the Unified Configuration Interface (UCI)	
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uclient-fetch	2021-05-14-6a6011df-1	~7.8 KB	Tiny wget replacement using libuclient	
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uhttpd	2021-03-21-15346de8-1	~28.2 KB	uHTTPd is a tiny single threaded HTTP server with TLS, CGI and Lua…	
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uhttpd-mod-ubus	2021-03-21-15346de8-1	~8.6 KB	The ubus plugin adds a HTTP/JSON RPC proxy for ubus and publishes the…	
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urandom-seed	3	~1.6 KB	/etc/urandom.seed handling for OpenWrt	
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urngd	2020-01-21-c7f7b6b6-1	~5.8 KB	urngd is OpenWrt's micro non-physical true random number generator based on…	
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usign	2020-05-23-f1f65026-1	~12.0 KB	OpenWrt signature verification utility	
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wireless-regdb	2021.04.21-1	~2.7 KB	Wireless Regulatory Database	
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wpad-basic-wolfssl	2020-06-08-5a8b3662-35	~371.8 KB	This package contains a basic IEEE 802.1x/WPA Authenticator and Supplicant with WPA-PSK, SAE (WPA3-Personal), 802.11r and 802.11w support.	
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zlib	1.2.11-3	~38.7 KB	zlib is a lossless data-compression library.…	
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Package name Version Size (.ipk) Description
base-files 1432-r16279-5cc0535800 ~56.2 KB This package contains a base filesystem and system scripts for OpenWrt. Remove…
busybox 1.33.1-6 ~212.1 KB The Swiss Army Knife of embedded Linux.… Remove…
ca-bundle 20210119-1 ~116.7 KB System CA certificates as a bundle Remove…
cgi-io 2021-09-08-98cef9dd-20 ~8.3 KB This package contains an cgi utility that is useful for up/downloading files Remove…
dnsmasq 2.85-8 ~122.2 KB It is intended to provide coupled DNS and DHCP service to a LAN. Remove…
dropbear 2020.81-2 ~111.2 KB A small SSH2 server/client designed for small memory environments. Remove…
firewall 2021-03-23-61db17ed-1 ~42.5 KB This package provides a config-compatible C implementation of the UCI firewall. Remove…
fstools 2021-01-04-c53b1882-1 ~18.1 KB OpenWrt filesystem tools Remove…
fwtool 2019-11-12-8f7fe925-1 ~4.4 KB Utility for appending and extracting firmware metadata and signatures Remove…
getrandom 2020-10-25-9ef88681-2 ~2.4 KB OpenWrt getrandom system helper Remove…
hostapd-common 2020-06-08-5a8b3662-35 ~11.7 KB hostapd/wpa_supplicant common support files Remove…
ip6tables 1.8.7-1 ~968 B IPv6 firewall administration tool Remove…
iptables 1.8.7-1 ~22.7 KB IP firewall administration tool.… Remove…
iw 5.9-8fab0c9e-1 ~41.1 KB cfg80211 interface configuration utility Remove…
iwinfo 2021-04-30-c45f0b58-2.1 ~7.5 KB Command line frontend for the wireless information library. Remove…
jshn 2021-05-16-b14c4688-2 ~6.7 KB Library for parsing and generating JSON from shell scripts Remove…
jsonfilter 2018-02-04-c7e938d6-1 ~9.1 KB OpenWrt JSON filter utility Remove…
kernel 5.4.143-1-79c5dc6d… - - Remove…
kmod-ath 5.4.143+5.10.42-1-1 ~13.2 KB This module contains some common parts needed by Atheros Wireless drivers. Remove…
kmod-ath9k 5.4.143+5.10.42-1-1 ~65.9 KB This module adds support for wireless adapters based on… Remove…
kmod-ath9k-common 5.4.143+5.10.42-1-1 ~129.2 KB Atheros 802.11n wireless devices (common code for ath9k and ath9k_htc) Remove…
kmod-cfg80211 5.4.143+5.10.42-1-1 ~165.7 KB cfg80211 is the Linux wireless LAN (802.11) configuration API. Remove…
kmod-fs-ntfs 5.4.143-1 ~59.7 KB Kernel module for NTFS filesystem support Remove…
kmod-gpio-button-hotplug 5.4.143-3 ~6.9 KB This is a replacement for the following in-kernel drivers:… Remove…
kmod-ip6tables 5.4.143-1 ~7.8 KB Netfilter IPv6 firewalling support Remove…
kmod-ipt-conntrack 5.4.143-1 ~5.5 KB Netfilter (IPv4) kernel modules for connection tracking… Remove…
kmod-ipt-core 5.4.143-1 ~17.1 KB Netfilter core kernel modules… Remove…
kmod-ipt-nat 5.4.143-1 ~4.7 KB Netfilter (IPv4) kernel modules for basic NAT targets… Remove…
kmod-ipt-offload 5.4.143-1 ~4.1 KB Netfilter routing/NAT offload support Remove…
kmod-lib-crc-ccitt 5.4.143-1 ~2.8 KB Kernel module for CRC-CCITT support Remove…
kmod-mac80211 5.4.143+5.10.42-1-1 ~309.7 KB Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) Remove…
kmod-nf-conntrack 5.4.143-1 ~49.8 KB Netfilter connection tracking Remove…
kmod-nf-conntrack6 5.4.143-1 ~844 B Netfilter IPv6 connection tracking Remove…
kmod-nf-flow 5.4.143-1 ~11.8 KB Netfilter flowtable support Remove…
kmod-nf-ipt 5.4.143-1 ~19.2 KB Iptables core Remove…
kmod-nf-ipt6 5.4.143-1 ~9.8 KB Ip6tables core Remove…
kmod-nf-nat 5.4.143-1 ~16.0 KB Netfilter NAT Remove…
kmod-nf-reject 5.4.143-1 ~3.0 KB Netfilter IPv4 reject support Remove…
kmod-nf-reject6 5.4.143-1 ~3.4 KB Netfilter IPv6 reject support Remove…
kmod-nls-base 5.4.143-1 ~4.0 KB Kernel module for NLS (Native Language Support) Remove…
kmod-phy-ath79-usb 5.4.143-1 ~1.0 KB Support for ATH79 USB transceiver Remove…
kmod-ppp 5.4.143-1 ~23.2 KB Kernel modules for PPP support Remove…
kmod-pppoe 5.4.143-1 ~7.7 KB Kernel module for PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) support Remove…
kmod-pppox 5.4.143-1 ~2.4 KB Kernel helper module for PPPoE and PPTP support Remove…
kmod-slhc 5.4.143-1 ~4.8 KB Serial Line Header Compression Remove…
kmod-usb-core 5.4.143-1 ~91.4 KB Kernel support for USB Remove…
kmod-usb-ehci 5.4.143-1 ~25.1 KB EHCI controller support Remove…
kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport 5.4.143-1 ~3.8 KB This driver allows LEDs to be controlled by USB events. Enabling this… Remove…
kmod-usb2 5.4.143-1 ~9.4 KB Kernel support for USB2 (EHCI) controllers Remove…
libatomic1 8.4.0-3 ~6.2 KB Atomic support library Remove…
libblobmsg-json20210516 2021-05-16-b14c4688-2 ~4.4 KB blobmsg <-> json conversion library Remove…
libc 1.1.24-3 - - Remove…
libcap 2.43-1 ~10.7 KB Linux capabilities library library Remove…
libgcc1 8.4.0-3 ~35.8 KB GCC support library Remove…
libgmp10 6.2.1-1 ~217.0 KB GMP is a free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, operating on… Remove…
libgnutls 3.7.1-1 ~819.7 KB GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS… Remove…
libip4tc2 1.8.7-1 ~19.2 KB IPv4 firewall - shared libiptc library Remove…
libip6tc2 1.8.7-1 ~19.3 KB IPv6 firewall - shared libiptc library Remove…
libiwinfo-data 2021-04-30-c45f0b58-2.1 ~2.8 KB libiwinfo Lua binding Remove…
libiwinfo-lua 2021-04-30-c45f0b58-2.1 ~7.0 KB This is the Lua binding for the iwinfo library. It provides access to all enabled… Remove…
libiwinfo20210430 2021-04-30-c45f0b58-2.1 ~25.6 KB Wireless information library with simplified API for nl80211… Remove…
libjson-c5 0.15-2 ~23.0 KB This package contains a library for javascript object notation backends. Remove…
libjson-script20210516 2021-05-16-b14c4688-2 ~5.4 KB Minimalistic JSON based scripting engine Remove…
liblua5.1.5 5.1.5-9 ~64.1 KB Lua is a powerful light-weight programming language designed for extending… Remove…
liblucihttp-lua 2021-06-11-3dc89af4-1 ~4.3 KB Lua binding for the LuCI HTTP utility library Remove…
liblucihttp0 2021-06-11-3dc89af4-1 ~7.5 KB LuCI HTTP utility library Remove…
libncurses6 6.2-1 ~147.6 KB Terminal handling library (Unicode) Remove…
libnettle8 3.6-1 ~306.7 KB GNU crypto library Remove…
libnl-tiny1 2020-08-05-c291088f-2 ~13.1 KB This package contains a stripped down version of libnl Remove…
libpopt0 1.16-2 ~17.1 KB A command line option parsing library Remove…
libpthread 1.1.24-3 ~890 B POSIX thread library Remove…
libreadline8 8.1-1 ~111.1 KB The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications… Remove…
librt 1.1.24-3 ~904 B POSIX.1b RealTime extension library Remove…
libtasn1 4.16.0-1 ~28.3 KB This is a library for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) and… Remove…
libtirpc 1.3.2-1 ~52.2 KB Library TI RPC for RPC bindings Remove…
libubox20210516 2021-05-16-b14c4688-2 ~20.0 KB Basic utility library Remove…
libubus-lua 2021-06-30-4fc532c8-2 ~7.3 KB Lua binding for the OpenWrt RPC client Remove…
libubus20210630 2021-06-30-4fc532c8-2 ~10.0 KB OpenWrt RPC client library Remove…
libuci20130104 2020-10-06-52bbc99f-5 ~15.7 KB C library for the Unified Configuration Interface (UCI) Remove…
libuclient20201210 2021-05-14-6a6011df-1 ~10.1 KB HTTP/1.1 client library Remove…
libustream-wolfssl20201210 2020-12-10-68d09243-1 ~4.8 KB ustream SSL Library (wolfssl) Remove…
libuuid1 2.36.1-2 ~12.8 KB The UUID library is used to generate unique identifiers for objects… Remove…
libwolfssl4.7.0.66253b90 4.7.0-stable-2 ~429.9 KB wolfSSL (formerly CyaSSL) is an SSL library optimized for small… Remove…
libxtables12 1.8.7-1 ~42.8 KB IPv4/IPv6 firewall - shared xtables library Remove…
logd 2020-10-25-9ef88681-2 ~10.2 KB OpenWrt system log implementation Remove…
lua 5.1.5-9 ~5.5 KB Lua is a powerful light-weight programming language designed for extending… Remove…
luci git-20.074.84698-ead5e81 ~1.0 KB Standard OpenWrt set including full admin with ppp support and the default Bootstrap theme Remove…
luci-app-firewall git-21.244.20922-3b3c2e5 ~15.0 KB Firewall and Portforwarding application Remove…
luci-app-opkg git-21.079.58598-6639e31 ~9.3 KB OPKG package management application Remove…
luci-base git-21.231.26241-422c175 ~128.4 KB LuCI core libraries Remove…
luci-lib-base git-20.232.39649-1f6dc29 ~13.3 KB basic libraries for luci Remove…
luci-lib-ip git-20.250.76529-62505bd ~11.7 KB Lua library for IP calculation and routing information Remove…
luci-lib-jsonc git-19.317.29469-8da8f38 ~5.2 KB Lua binding for JSON-C Remove…
luci-lib-nixio git-20.234.06894-c4a4e43 ~28.8 KB NIXIO POSIX library Remove…
luci-mod-admin-full git-19.253.48496-3f93650 ~959 B LuCI Administration - full-featured for full control Remove…
luci-mod-network git-21.266.56081-b613f3a ~46.3 KB LuCI Network Administration Remove…
luci-mod-status git-21.188.55036-eafe171 ~28.8 KB LuCI Status Pages Remove…
luci-mod-system git-21.230.63964-c3580ee ~18.6 KB LuCI Administration - Global System Settings Remove…
luci-proto-ipv6 git-21.148.49484-14511e5 ~3.5 KB Support for DHCPv6/6in4/6to4/6rd/DS-Lite Remove…
luci-proto-ppp git-21.163.64918-6c6559a ~3.0 KB Support for PPP/PPPoE/PPPoA/PPtP Remove…
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luci-ssl git-20.244.36115-e10f954 ~973 B LuCI with HTTPS support (WolfSSL as SSL backend) Remove…
luci-theme-bootstrap git-21.164.71418-bd36169 ~14.3 KB Bootstrap Theme (default) Remove…
mtd 26 ~14.6 KB This package contains an utility useful to upgrade from other firmware or… Remove…
netifd 2021-07-26-440eb064-1 ~75.9 KB OpenWrt Network Interface Configuration Daemon Remove…
odhcp6c 2021-01-09-53f07e90-16 ~24.2 KB Embedded DHCPv6-client for OpenWrt Remove…
odhcpd-ipv6only 2021-07-18-bc9d317f-3 ~37.5 KB odhcpd is a daemon for serving and relaying IP management protocols to… Remove…
openwrt-keyring 2021-02-20-49283916-2 ~1.1 KB The keyring of with the developer using and gpg public keys. Remove…
opkg 2021-06-13-1bf042dd-1 ~59.6 KB Lightweight package management system… Remove…
ppp 2.4.8.git-2020-10-03-3 ~113.3 KB This package contains the PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) daemon. Remove…
ppp-mod-pppoe 2.4.8.git-2020-10-03-3 ~10.4 KB This package contains a PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) plugin for ppp. Remove…
procd 2021-02-23-37eed131-1 ~50.3 KB OpenWrt system process manager Remove…
px5g-wolfssl 3 ~5.2 KB Px5g is a tiny X.509 certificate generator.… Remove…
rpcd 2021-03-11-ccb75178-1 ~23.5 KB This package provides the UBUS RPC backend server to expose various… Remove…
rpcd-mod-file 2021-03-11-ccb75178-1 ~7.4 KB Provides ubus calls for file and directory operations. Remove…
rpcd-mod-iwinfo 2021-03-11-ccb75178-1 ~7.4 KB Provides ubus calls for accessing iwinfo data. Remove…
rpcd-mod-luci 20210614 ~13.0 KB Provides LuCI backend ubus RPC operations. Remove…
rpcd-mod-rrdns 20170710 ~4.5 KB Provides rapid mass reverse DNS lookup functionality. Remove…
swconfig 12 ~8.1 KB Switch configuration utility Remove…
terminfo 6.2-1 ~7.0 KB Terminal Info Database (ncurses) Remove…
uboot-envtools 2021.01-10 ~13.6 KB This package includes tools to read and modify U-Boot bootloader environment. Remove…
ubox 2020-10-25-9ef88681-2 ~14.2 KB OpenWrt system helper toolbox Remove…
ubus 2021-06-30-4fc532c8-2 ~6.4 KB OpenWrt RPC client utility Remove…
ubusd 2021-06-30-4fc532c8-2 ~12.2 KB OpenWrt RPC daemon Remove…
uci 2020-10-06-52bbc99f-5 ~7.3 KB Utility for the Unified Configuration Interface (UCI) Remove…
uclient-fetch 2021-05-14-6a6011df-1 ~7.8 KB Tiny wget replacement using libuclient Remove…
uhttpd 2021-03-21-15346de8-1 ~28.2 KB uHTTPd is a tiny single threaded HTTP server with TLS, CGI and Lua… Remove…
uhttpd-mod-ubus 2021-03-21-15346de8-1 ~8.6 KB The ubus plugin adds a HTTP/JSON RPC proxy for ubus and publishes the… Remove…
urandom-seed 3 ~1.6 KB /etc/urandom.seed handling for OpenWrt Remove…
urngd 2020-01-21-c7f7b6b6-1 ~5.8 KB urngd is OpenWrt's micro non-physical true random number generator based on… Remove…
usign 2020-05-23-f1f65026-1 ~12.0 KB OpenWrt signature verification utility Remove…
wireless-regdb 2021.04.21-1 ~2.7 KB Wireless Regulatory Database Remove…
wpad-basic-wolfssl 2020-06-08-5a8b3662-35 ~371.8 KB This package contains a basic IEEE 802.1x/WPA Authenticator and Supplicant with WPA-PSK, SAE (WPA3-Personal), 802.11r and 802.11w support. Remove…
zlib 1.2.11-3 ~38.7 KB zlib is a lossless data-compression library.… Remove…

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I tried over and over to get the first files to format like the last ones but it just would not do it; sorry.
Do I need all those packages?
I have searched and the only hits are about 4/64 and that 8MB might not be supported in future builds.

You tell us, it's your device.

But I'm pretty sure it doesn't have 8gb flash.

[quote="LilRedDog, post:3, topic:107596"]
I just upgraded to 21.2.0 r16279-5cc0535800 / LuCI openwrt-21.02 branch git-21.231.26241-422c175 on my TP-Link TL-WDR3500 v1.

Sorry the post was so sloppy. It was in the first line.

That wasn't what I was asking about ....

okay, yeah: 8MB
I'll edit the OP.

still not what I asked about, but to answer the question, some packages could be removed,
but it all comes down to your usage scenario.
you cannot however just uninstall them, it won't free up any flash space, you have to create your own, stripped, image.

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I looked for two days for 8MB issues and I never saw that. Like I said all I saw was it may be a problem in the future.

Thank you!

See also https://openwrt.org/supported_devices/openwrt_on_864_devices#mb_flash_issue

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Thank you!

Now I get it: Linux needs space; LuCI needs space.

I've spent more time on this than it would cost to buy something new.
I'm just going to buy a router that has the specs or figure out a low cost NAS server and put it on one of my Gb switches or just configure my W10pro to share.

Thank you two again!

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