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