diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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+++ b/configure.ac
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+AC_INIT([amhello], [1.0], [bug-automake@gnu.org])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([
+ Makefile
+ src/Makefile
+])
+AC_OUTPUT