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+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
+
+dist_noinst_DATA = make-builder.as dist-pspp.as #build-pspp.as
+
+dist_noinst_SCRIPTS = make-builder
+dist_noinst_DATA += dist-pspp.in #build-pspp.in
+
+AUTOM4TE = autom4te
+
+make-builder.in: make-builder.as
+ $(AUTOM4TE) --language M4sh make-builder.as -o $@
+dist-pspp.in: dist-pspp.as build-pspp.m4
+ $(AUTOM4TE) --language build-pspp dist-pspp.as -o $@
+#build-pspp.in: build-pspp.as build-pspp.m4
+# $(AUTOM4TE) --language build-pspp build-pspp.as -o $@
+
+edit = sed \
+ -e 's|@VERSION[@]|$(VERSION)|g' \
+ -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|$(PACKAGE_NAME)|g' \
+ -e 's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from $@.in; do not edit by hand.|g'
+
+make-builder: make-builder.in
+ rm -f $@ $@.tmp
+ srcdir=''; \
+ test -f ./$@.in || srcdir=$(srcdir)/; \
+ $(edit) $${srcdir}$@.in >$@.tmp
+ chmod +x $@.tmp
+ chmod a-w $@.tmp
+ mv $@.tmp $@