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+#!/bin/sh
+
+subdirs="compiler lib/cpp lib/php"
+
+rm -rf \
+AUTHORS \
+COPYING \
+ChangeLog \
+INSTALL \
+Makefile.am \
+Makefile \
+Makefile.in \
+Makefile.orig \
+NEWS \
+README \
+aclocal.m4 \
+autom4te.cache \
+autoscan.log \
+config.guess \
+config.h \
+config.hin \
+config.log \
+config.status \
+config.sub \
+configure \
+configure.scan \
+depcomp \
+.deps \
+install-sh \
+.libs \
+libtool \
+ltmain.sh \
+Makefile.in \
+missing
+
+echo "SUBDIRS = ${subdirs}" > Makefile.am
+
+aclocal
+touch NEWS README AUTHORS ChangeLog
+autoconf
+automake -ac
+
+for subdir in ${subdirs}; do 
+    if [ -x "${subdir}/bootstrap.sh" ]; then 
+	cwd="`pwd`"
+	cd ${subdir}
+	./bootstrap.sh
+	cd ${cwd}
+    fi
+done
+