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+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign dist-bzip2 1.6
+
+## FIXME: automake >= 1.13 or autoconf >= 2.70 provide better suited AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS for configure.ac
+## remove line below when OE toolchain is updated to version which include those
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+	$(all_includes) \
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/include \
+	$(NULL)
+
+SUBDIRS = \
+	doc \
+	src \
+	tests \
+	$(NULL)
+
+BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version
+EXTRA_DIST = git-version-gen osmoappdesc.py .version
+
+AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
+	--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$$dc_install_base/$(systemdsystemunitdir)
+
+@RELMAKE@
+
+$(top_srcdir)/.version:
+	echo $(VERSION) > $@-t && mv $@-t $@
+dist-hook:
+	echo $(VERSION) > $(distdir)/.tarball-version