diff --git a/if/Makefile.am b/if/Makefile.am
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+++ b/if/Makefile.am
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+thrift_ifdir = $(datadir)/thrift/if
+dist_thrift_if_DATA = \
+                      reflection_limited.thrift
diff --git a/if/bootstrap.sh b/if/bootstrap.sh
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+++ b/if/bootstrap.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+./cleanup.sh
+aclocal
+touch NEWS README AUTHORS ChangeLog
+autoconf
+automake -ac
diff --git a/if/cleanup.sh b/if/cleanup.sh
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index 0000000..1e35bfe
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+++ b/if/cleanup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+rm -rf \
+AUTHORS \
+ChangeLog \
+COPYING \
+INSTALL \
+Makefile \
+Makefile.in \
+NEWS \
+README \
+aclocal.m4 \
+autom4te.cache \
+config.log \
+config.status \
+config.sub \
+configure \
+install-sh \
+missing
diff --git a/if/configure.ac b/if/configure.ac
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+++ b/if/configure.ac
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+AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+
+AC_INIT([thriftif], [1.0])
+
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+
+AC_OUTPUT