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+About
+=====
+libucore is a C library of misc useful stuff including 
+an eventloop, timer support and various data-structures.
+
+Build
+=====
+In addition to basic C development tools, the following is needed:
+
+* scons
+* check
+
+Run scons --help to see the various options for building the library
+Run "scons test" to run the test suite
+