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+#!/bin/sh
+# Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc.
+
+LIBTOOLIZE=${LIBTOOLIZE:-libtoolize}
+LIBTOOLIZE_FLAGS="--copy --force"
+ACLOCAL=${ACLOCAL:-aclocal}
+AUTOHEADER=${AUTOHEADER:-autoheader}
+AUTOMAKE=${AUTOMAKE:-automake}
+AUTOMAKE_FLAGS="--add-missing --copy"
+AUTOCONF=${AUTOCONF:-autoconf}
+
+ARGV0=$0
+
+set -e
+
+if [ -z "$*" ]; then
+	echo "$ARGV0:	Note: \`./configure' will be run without arguments."
+	echo "		If you wish to pass any to it, please specify them on the"
+	echo "		\`$0' command line."
+	echo
+fi
+
+run() {
+	echo "$ARGV0: running \`$@'"
+	$@
+}
+
+run $LIBTOOLIZE $LIBTOOLIZE_FLAGS
+run $ACLOCAL $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
+run $AUTOHEADER
+run $AUTOMAKE $AUTOMAKE_FLAGS
+run $AUTOCONF
+run ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode "$@"
+echo "Now type \`make' to compile."