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+.onAttach <- function(libname, pkgname){
+  packageStartupMessage(c("The multvardiv package contains the same tools as mggd, ",
+                          "and similar tools for other multivariate distributions.\n\n",
+                          "mggd will no longer be maintained. You may wish to install ",
+                          "multvardiv instead."))
+}