auto import from //depot/cupcake/@135843
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+#! /bin/sh
+# a quick hack script to generate necessary files from
+# auto* tools.
+#
+# WARNING: if you run this you will change the versions
+# of the tools which are used and, maybe, required!
+ touch Makefile.am configure.ac
+{
+ echo "running libtoolize" >&2
+ libtoolize --force --copy --automake
+} && {
+ echo "running aclocal" >&2
+ aclocal
+} && {
+ echo "running autoheader [ignore the warnings]" >&2
+ autoheader
+} && {
+ echo "running automake" >&2
+ automake --force-missing --foreign -a -c
+} && {
+ echo "running autoconf" >&2
+ autoconf
+} &&
+ echo "autogen complete" >&2 ||
+ echo "ERROR: autogen.sh failed, autogen is incomplete" >&2