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+dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+AC_INIT(Makefile.in)
+
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+
+# Command-line options.
+# Very limited version of AC_MAINTAINER_MODE.
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([maintainer-mode],
+  [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-maintainer-mode],
+                 [enable make rules and dependencies not useful (and
+                  sometimes confusing) to the casual installer])],
+  [case ${enable_maintainer_mode} in
+     yes) MAINT='' ;;
+     no) MAINT='#' ;;
+     *) AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-maintainer-mode must be yes or no]) ;;
+   esac
+   maintainer_mode=${enableval}],
+  [MAINT='#'])
+AC_SUBST([MAINT])dnl
+
+AC_SUBST(datarootdir)
+AC_SUBST(docdir)
+AC_SUBST(htmldir)
+AC_SUBST(pdfdir)
+
+AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)