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+#!/bin/sh
+# Run this to generate or regenerate all the initial makefiles, etc.
+# Taken from glib CVS
+
+# Change the following to match the versions installed on your system
+AUTOCONF=autoconf
+AUTOHEADER=autoheader
+AUTOMAKE=automake
+ACLOCAL=aclocal
+
+# Needed on Gentoo
+export WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5	#  2.54 or higher, not 2.53a or 2.13
+
+ACLOCAL_FLAGS="$ACLOCAL_FLAGS -I macros"
+
+srcdir=`dirname $0`
+test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
+
+ORIGDIR=`pwd`
+cd $srcdir
+PROJECT=hamlib
+TEST_TYPE=-f
+FILE=include/hamlib/rig.h
+
+DIE=0
+
+($AUTOCONF --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+        echo
+        echo "You must have autoconf installed to compile $PROJECT."
+        echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
+        echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
+        DIE=1
+}
+
+($AUTOMAKE --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+        echo
+        echo "You must have automake installed to compile $PROJECT."
+        echo "Get ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/automake/automake-1.5.tar.gz"
+        echo "(or a newer version if it is available)"
+        DIE=1
+}
+
+if test "$DIE" -eq 1; then
+        exit 1
+fi
+
+test $TEST_TYPE $FILE || {
+        echo "You must run this script in the top-level $PROJECT directory"
+        exit 1
+}
+
+if test -z "$*"; then
+        echo "I am going to run ./configure with no arguments - if you wish "
+        echo "to pass any to it, please specify them on the $0 command line."
+fi
+
+# Are we looking for the compiler on a foreign system?
+case $CC in
+*xlc | *xlc\ * | *lcc | *lcc\ *) am_opt=--include-deps;;
+esac
+
+$ACLOCAL $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
+
+# optionally feature autoheader
+($AUTOHEADER --version)  < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 && $AUTOHEADER
+
+$AUTOMAKE -a $am_opt
+$AUTOCONF
+cd $ORIGDIR
+
+$srcdir/configure --enable-maintainer-mode "$@"