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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+#--
+# Copyright 2006 by Chad Fowler, Rich Kilmer, Jim Weirich and others.
+# All rights reserved.
+# See LICENSE.txt for permissions.
+#++
+
+
+module Config
+
+  # Only define datadir if it doesn't already exist.
+  unless Config.respond_to?(:datadir)
+    
+    # Return the path to the data directory associated with the given
+    # package name.  Normally this is just
+    # "#{Config::CONFIG['datadir']}/#{package_name}", but may be
+    # modified by packages like RubyGems to handle versioned data
+    # directories.
+    def Config.datadir(package_name)
+      File.join(CONFIG['datadir'], package_name)
+    end
+
+  end
+end