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+AC_INIT(minidom.ml)
+
+PACKAGE=mlminidom
+
+MLMINIDOM_MAJOR_VERSION=0
+MLMINIDOM_MINOR_VERSION=0
+MLMINIDOM_MICRO_VERSION=1
+MLMINIDOM_VERSION=$MLMINIDOM_MAJOR_VERSION.$MLMINIDOM_MINOR_VERSION.$MLMINIDOM_MICRO_VERSION
+
+AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_GLIB, glib-config, yes, no)
+if test $HAVE_GLIB = "no"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR(could not font glib configuration script, please make sure glib (dev) is installed)
+fi
+
+AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_MINIDOM, minidom-config, yes, no)
+if test $HAVE_MINIDOM = "no"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR(could not find minidom configuration script, please make sure minidom is installed)
+fi
+
+AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_OCAMLC, ocamlc, yes, no)
+if test $HAVE_OCAMLC = "no"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR(could not find ocamlc in PATH, please make sure ocaml is installed)
+fi
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING("for the ocaml library dir")
+OCAML_ROOT=`ocamlc -v | grep "^Standard" | sed 's/^.*: *//'`
+AC_MSG_RESULT($OCAML_ROOT)
+
+AC_SUBST(PACKAGE)
+AC_SUBST(MLMINIDOM_VERSION)
+AC_SUBST(OCAML_ROOT)
+
+AC_OUTPUT([Makefile])