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+dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script
+AC_INIT([osmo-pcu],
+	m4_esyscmd([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
+	[osmocom-pcu@lists.openbsc.org])
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2])
+
+dnl kernel style compile messages
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+
+dnl checks for programs
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+LT_INIT
+
+dnl checks for header files
+AC_HEADER_STDC
+
+dnl Checks for typedefs, structures and compiler characteristics
+
+dnl checks for libraries
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCORE, libosmocore  >= 0.3.9)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOVTY, libosmovty)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOGSM, libosmogsm >= 0.3.3)
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable sysmocom-bts hardware support])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(sysmocom-bts,
+		AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-sysmocom-bts],
+				[enable code for sysmocom femto-bts [default=no]]),
+		[enable_sysmocom_bts="yes"],[enable_sysmocom_bts="no"])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_sysmocom_bts])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_SYSMOBTS, test "x$enable_sysmocom_bts" = "xyes")
+
+AC_OUTPUT(
+    src/Makefile
+    Makefile)