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On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:31:29 -0700
John Reiser <jreiser@BitWagon.com> wrote:

> Elsewhere, I've staked out use of a new AT_WINE_PRELOAD_INFO
> at 30.  Avoid that one, please. :-)

The reliable way in which to reserve these numbers is to patch the
header file.