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+################################################################################
+#
+# File: $Id$
+#
+# Makefile to build the handbook configure script and execute it to
+# produce a local make configuration for the command-line tools used.
+#
+################################################################################
+
+
+DEPLOY=../make-includes
+
+
+configure: configure.ac install-sh $(wildcard include/*.m4)
+	aclocal -I include
+	autoreconf
+
+
+clean:
+	rm -f aclocal.m4 config.log config.status configure \
+		$(DEPLOY)/local_configuration.make
+	rm -rf autom4te.cache