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 configure 0.0.1 release notes
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-configure automatically generated Makefiles from a project definition file.
+configure automatically generates Makefiles from a project definition file.
 
 configure is Copyright (c) 2004 Pierre Pronchery
 It is shipped under the terms of the GPL license, which you may read in the