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my $properties = &read_properties($filename); $properties = &handle_infon_block($properties, $filename);
For the .info file lines processed into the hash ref $properties from file $filename, deal with the possibility that the whole thing is in a InfoN: block.
If so, make sure this fink is new enough to understand this .info format (i.e.,
If an error with InfoN occurs (N>max_info_level, more than one InfoN block, or part of $properties existing outside the InfoN block) print a warning message and return a ref to an empty hash (i.e., ignore the .info file).

