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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ./aclocal
+
+SUBDIRS = compiler/cpp lib test
+
+dist-hook:
+	find $(distdir) -name '.[a-zA-Z0-9]*' | xargs rm -rf
+
+EXTRA_DIST = bootstrap.sh cleanup.sh print_version.sh doc tutorial contrib \
+             CONTRIBUTORS LICENSE CHANGES DISCLAIMER NOTICE