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+Make configuration system for the INFO database authoring framework, using autoconf.
+
+To update:
+
+% cvs update
+% make
+% ./configure
+
+Check for missing items in the configure script output. Some will raise a fatal error if missing, some won't.
+
+If all looks OK, then everything should just work! (fingers crossed)