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+#!/bin/sh
+# Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc.
+
+srcdir=`dirname $0`
+test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
+
+(test -f $srcdir/configure.ac) || {
+        echo "**Error**: Directory "\`$srcdir\'" does not look like the top-level project directory"
+        exit 1
+}
+
+olddir=`pwd`
+
+PKG_NAME=`autoconf --trace 'AC_INIT:$1' "$srcdir/configure.ac"`
+
+if [ "$#" = 0 -a "x$NOCONFIGURE" = "x" ]; then
+        echo "**Warning**: I am going to run \`configure' with no arguments." >&2
+        echo "If you wish to pass any to it, please specify them on the" >&2
+        echo \`$0\'" command line." >&2
+        echo "" >&2
+fi
+
+cd "$srcdir"
+
+aclocal --install || {
+        echo "Try installing the 'automake' package."
+        exit 1
+}
+
+autoreconf --verbose --force --install -Wno-portability  || {
+        echo "Try installing the 'autoconf' package."
+        exit 1
+}
+
+which yelp-build > /dev/null || {
+       echo "Try installing the 'yelp-tools' package."
+       exit 1
+}
+
+cd "$olddir"
+
+if [ "$NOCONFIGURE" = "" ]; then
+        $srcdir/configure "$@" || exit 1
+
+        if [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then exit 0 else
+                echo "Now type \`make\' to compile $PKG_NAME" || exit 1
+        fi
+else
+        echo "Skipping configure process."
+fi