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+#!/bin/sh
+# Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc.
+
+testProgram()
+{
+  cmd=$1
+
+  if [ -z "$cmd" ]; then
+    return 1;
+  fi
+
+  arch=`uname -s`
+
+  # Make sure the which is in an if-block... on some platforms it throws exceptions
+  #
+  # The ERR trap is not executed if the failed command is part
+  #   of an until or while loop, part of an if statement, part of a &&
+  #   or  ||  list.
+  if
+     which $cmd  </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
+  then
+      :
+  else
+      return 1
+  fi
+
+  # The GNU standard is --version
+  if 
+      $cmd --version </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
+  then
+      return 0 
+  fi
+
+  # Maybe it suppports -V instead
+  if 
+      $cmd -V </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
+  then
+      return 0 
+  fi
+
+  # Nope, the program seems broken
+  return 1
+}
+
+arch=`uname -s`
+# Disable the errors on FreeBSD until a fix can be found.
+if [ ! "$arch" = "FreeBSD" ]; then
+set -e
+#
+#	All errors are fatal from here on out...
+#	The shell will complain and exit on any "uncaught" error code.
+#
+#
+#	And the trap will ensure sure some kind of error message comes out.
+#
+trap 'echo ""; echo "$0 exiting due to error (sorry!)." >&2' 0
+fi
+
+RC=0
+
+gnu="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
+
+# Check for Autoconf
+for command in autoconf autoconf213 autoconf253 autoconf259 
+do
+  if
+      testProgram $command == 1
+  then
+    autoconf=$command
+    autoheader=`echo  "$autoconf" | sed -e 's/autoconf/autoheader/'`
+    autom4te=`echo  "$autoconf" | sed -e 's/autoconf/autmo4te/'`
+    autoreconf=`echo  "$autoconf" | sed -e 's/autoconf/autoreconf/'`
+    autoscan=`echo  "$autoconf" | sed -e 's/autoconf/autoscan/'`
+    autoupdate=`echo  "$autoconf" | sed -e 's/autoconf/autoupdate/'`
+    ifnames=`echo  "$autoconf" | sed -e 's/autoconf/ifnames/'`
+  fi
+done
+
+# Check for automake
+for command in automake automake14 automake-1.4 automake15 automake-1.5 automake17 automake-1.7 automake19 automake-1.9 
+do
+  if 
+      testProgram $command
+  then
+    automake=$command
+    aclocal=`echo  "$automake" | sed -e 's/automake/aclocal/'`
+
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ -z $autoconf ]; then 
+    echo You must have autoconf installed to compile the corosync package.
+    echo Download the appropriate package for your system,
+    echo or get the source tarball at: $gnu/autoconf/
+    exit 1
+
+elif [ -z $automake ]; then 
+    echo You must have automake installed to compile the corosync package.
+    echo Download the appropriate package for your system,
+    echo or get the source tarball at: $gnu/automake/
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Create local copies so that the incremental updates will work.
+rm -f ./autoconf ./automake ./autoheader
+ln -s `which $autoconf` ./autoconf
+ln -s `which $automake` ./automake
+ln -s `which $autoheader` ./autoheader
+
+printf "$autoconf:\t"
+$autoconf --version | head -n 1 
+
+printf "$automake:\t"
+$automake --version | head -n 1
+
+echo $aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
+$aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
+
+echo $autoheader
+$autoheader
+
+echo $automake --add-missing --include-deps --copy
+$automake --add-missing --include-deps --copy
+
+echo $autoconf
+$autoconf
+
+echo Now run ./configure
+trap '' 0