diff --git a/src/libCom/osi/os/solaris/osdStrtod.h b/src/libCom/osi/os/solaris/osdStrtod.h
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+/*************************************************************************\
+* Copyright (c) 2002 The University of Saskatchewan
+* EPICS BASE Versions 3.13.7
+* and higher are distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+* in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution. 
+\*************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * This header fragment is intended to be included as part of epicsString.h
+ */
+
+/*
+ * epicsStrtod() for systems with broken strtod() routine
+ */
+epicsShareFunc double epicsStrtod(const char *str, char **endp);