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+;;; vlfi.el --- Obsolete - install vlf instead!
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2006, 2012, 2013  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Version: 0.9.1.1
+;; Keywords: large files, utilities
+;; Maintainer: Andrey Kotlarski <m00naticus@gmail.com>
+;; Authors: 2006 Mathias Dahl <mathias.dahl@gmail.com>
+;;          2012 Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
+;;          2013 Andrey Kotlarski <m00naticus@gmail.com>
+;; URL: https://github.com/m00natic/vlfi
+
+;; This file 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, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; This file 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; This package used to provide the M-x vlfi command, which visited
+;; part of a large file without loading the entire file.
+;; However, it has been merged back to the vlf package,
+;; so use that instead.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+;;;###autoload
+(error
+ "This package has been merged with vlf: please install that instead")
+
+;;; vlfi.el ends here