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+#!/bin/bash
+
+mv configure.in configure.in.mkdist
+cat configure.in.mkdist | sed -e s/AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.*$/AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE\(mt-daapd,cvs-20040318\)/ > configure.in
+./reconf
+./configure
+make dist
+mv configure.in.mkdist configure.in
+
+