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+# autoscan by-products
+autoscan-2.*.log
+configure.scan
+
+# autoreconf by-products
+*.in
+
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache/
+config.guess
+config.h.in
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+
+# configure by-products
+.deps
+Makefile
+
+config.h
+config.log
+config.status
+libtool
+stamp-h1
+
+# build by-products
+.libs
+*.o
+*.la
+*.lo
+
+# final executables
+src/gapk
+
+# temporary/backup files
+*.*~
+.*.swp