diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+srcdir=`dirname "$0"`
+test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
+
+ORIGDIR=`pwd`
+cd "$srcdir"
+
+autoreconf -v --install || exit 1
+cd "$ORIGDIR" || exit $?
+
+if test -z "$NOCONFIGURE"; then
+    exec "$srcdir"/configure "$@"
+fi