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+dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure.
+
+AC_INIT([libgtpnl], [1.0.0])
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign tar-pax no-dist-gzip dist-bzip2 1.6 subdir-objects])
+
+dnl kernel style compile messages
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+
+dnl Dependencies
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBMNL], [libmnl >= 1.0.0])
+
+AC_PROG_CC
+AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+AC_EXEEXT
+AC_DISABLE_STATIC
+LT_INIT
+CHECK_GCC_FVISIBILITY
+case "$host" in
+*-*-linux* | *-*-uclinux*) ;;
+*) AC_MSG_ERROR([Linux only, dude!]);;
+esac
+
+regular_CPPFLAGS="-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_REENTRANT"
+regular_CFLAGS="-Wall -Waggregate-return -Wmissing-declarations \
+	-Wmissing-prototypes -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes \
+	-Wformat=2 -pipe"
+AC_SUBST([regular_CPPFLAGS])
+AC_SUBST([regular_CFLAGS])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile include/Makefile include/libgtpnl/Makefile include/linux/Makefile tools/Makefile libgtpnl.pc])
+AC_OUTPUT