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 Base Exception class from PEAR core 
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-This repository provides just the base PEAR_Exceptoin class from ``pear-core``
+This repository provides just the base PEAR_Exception class from ``pear-core``
 that are often used in PEAR packages.
 
 It follows the `pear-core`__ repository and gets updated whenever a new