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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=`dirname "$0"`
+test -n "$srcdir" || srcdir=.
+autoreconf --force --install --verbose "$srcdir"
+test -n "$NOCONFIGURE" || "$srcdir/configure" "$@"