diff --git a/assuan/funopen.c b/assuan/funopen.c
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-/* funopen.c - Replacement for funopen.
- * Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- *
- * This file is part of Assuan.
- *
- * Assuan is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Assuan 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
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser 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. 
- */
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include <config.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-
-/* Replacement for the *BSD function:
-
-  FILE *funopen (void *cookie,
-                 int (*readfn)(void *, char *, int),
-                 int (*writefn)(void *, const char *, int),
-                 fpos_t (*seekfn)(void *, fpos_t, int),
-                 int (*closefn)(void *));
-
-  The functions to provide my either be NULL if not required or
-  similar to the unistd function with the exception of using the
-  cookie instead of the fiel descripor.
-*/
-
-
-#ifdef HAVE_FOPENCOOKIE
-FILE *
-_assuan_funopen(void *cookie,
-                cookie_read_function_t *readfn,
-                cookie_write_function_t *writefn,
-                cookie_seek_function_t *seekfn,
-                cookie_close_function_t *closefn)
-{
-  cookie_io_functions_t io = { NULL };
-
-  io.read = readfn;
-  io.write = writefn;
-  io.seek = seekfn;
-  io.close = closefn;
-
-  return fopencookie (cookie,
-		      readfn ? ( writefn ? "rw" : "r" )
-		      : ( writefn ? "w" : ""), io);
-}
-#else
-#error No known way to implement funopen.
-#endif