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38 /*--------------------------.
39 | Sane for full scale use. |
40 `--------------------------*/
42 * Interoperability bugs
44 ** libtool 1.4.2, configure.ac, and AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
46 configure.ac files that use AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR do not work with libtool
47 1.4.2. To work around the problem, you can rename configure.ac to
48 configure.in. Or you can apply Roger Leigh's patch to libtool; see
49 <http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/libtool-patches/2002-January/001659.html>.