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+/*	EQEMu: Everquest Server Emulator
+	Copyright (C) 2001-2015 EQEMu Development Team (http://eqemu.org)
+
+	This program 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; version 2 of the License.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY except by those people which sell it, which
+	are required to give you total support for your newly bought product;
+	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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+	Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+*/
+
+#if defined(_DEBUG) && defined(WIN32)
+	#ifndef _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC
+		#include <stdlib.h>
+		#include <crtdbg.h>
+	#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EQDEBUG_H
+#define EQDEBUG_H
+
+#define _WINSOCKAPI_	//stupid windows, trying to fix the winsock2 vs. winsock issues
+#if defined(WIN32) && ( defined(PACKETCOLLECTOR) || defined(COLLECTOR) )
+	// Packet Collector on win32 requires winsock.h due to latest pcap.h
+	// winsock.h must come before windows.h
+	#include <winsock.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _WINDOWS
+	#include <windows.h>
+	#include <winsock2.h>
+#endif
+
+#endif