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+[Unit]
+Description=Telepathy Delta Chat service
+Documentation=man:telepathy-padfoot(8)
+
+[Service]
+Type=dbus
+BusName=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.ConnectionManager.padfoot
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/telepathy/telepathy-padfoot