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+AC_INIT([Haskell directory package], [1.0], [libraries@haskell.org], [directory])
+
+# Safety check: Ensure that we are in the correct source directory.
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([include/HsDirectory.h])
+
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([include/HsDirectoryConfig.h])
+
+AC_ARG_WITH([cc],
+ [C compiler],
+ [CC=$withval])
+AC_PROG_CC()
+
+# check for specific header (.h) files that we are interested in
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/types.h unistd.h sys/stat.h])
+
+AC_OUTPUT