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+#
+# Makefile for octave
+#
+# John W. Eaton
+# jwe@che.utexas.edu
+# Department of Chemical Engineering
+# The University of Texas at Austin
+
+TOPDIR = .
+
+srcdir = @srcdir@
+VPATH = @srcdir@
+
+include Makeconf
+
+DISTFILES = COPYING ChangeLog Makefile.in Makeconf.in NEWS README \
+	THANKS INSTALL INSTALL.OCTAVE BUGS PLOTTING PROJECTS \
+	f2c-compat.sh flibs.sh configure configure.in config.guess \
+	octave.sh octave-mode.el doinstall.sh mkpath.c
+
+# Complete directory trees to distribute.
+DISTDIRS = bsd-math dld
+
+# Subdirectories to run make in for the primary targets.
+SUBDIRS = libcruft liboctave @DLD_DIR@ readline src doc scripts 
+
+# Subdirectories to run `make dist' in
+DISTSUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS) test
+
+BINDISTFILES = COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS INSTALL.OCTAVE \
+	BUGS PLOTTING PROJECTS octave.sh octave-mode.el doinstall.sh \
+	mkpath
+
+# Subdirectories to run `make dist' in
+BINDISTSUBDIRS = doc scripts
+
+all: mkpath
+	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
+.PHONY: all
+
+mkpath:
+	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(srcdir)/mkpath.c -o mkpath
+
+libcruft:
+	cd libcruft ; $(MAKE) all
+.PHONY: libcruft
+
+liboctave:
+	cd liboctave ; $(MAKE) all
+.PHONY: liboctave
+
+dld:
+	cd dld ; $(MAKE) all
+.PHONY: dld
+
+readline:
+	cd readline ; $(MAKE) all
+.PHONY: readline
+
+src:
+	cd src ; $(MAKE) all
+.PHONY: src
+
+scripts:
+	cd scripts ; $(MAKE) all
+.PHONY: scripts
+
+doc:
+	cd doc ; $(MAKE) all
+.PHONY: doc
+
+check:
+	cd test; $(MAKE) check
+.PHONY: check
+
+octave.info:
+	cd doc ; $(MAKE) octave.info
+.PHONY: octave.info
+
+INSTALL.info:
+	cd doc ; $(MAKE) ../INSTALL.OCTAVE
+.PHONY: INSTALL.info
+
+BUGS.info:
+	cd doc ; $(MAKE) ../BUGS
+.PHONY: BUGS.info
+
+install:
+	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
+.PHONY: install
+
+uninstall:
+	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
+.PHONY: uninstall
+
+tags:
+	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
+.PHONY: tags
+
+TAGS:
+	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
+.PHONY: TAGS
+
+clean:
+	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
+.PHONY: clean
+
+mostlyclean:
+	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
+.PHONY: mostlyclean
+
+distclean: clean
+	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
+	rm -f *.a Makefile config.status
+.PHONY: distclean
+
+realclean:
+	for dir in $(SUBDIRS); do echo making $@ in $$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
+	rm -f *.a Makefile config.status
+.PHONY: realclean
+
+local-dist: octave.info INSTALL.info BUGS.info
+	echo octave-local-$(version) > .fname
+	rm -rf `cat .fname`
+	mkdir `cat .fname`
+	ln $(DISTFILES) `cat .fname`
+	for dir in $(DISTDIRS); do ln -s ../$$dir `cat .fname`; done
+	for dir in $(DISTSUBDIRS); do mkdir `cat .fname`/$$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) $@; cd ..; done
+	tar chf `cat .fname`.tar `cat .fname`
+	rm -rf `cat .fname` .fname
+.PHONY: local-dist
+
+links-for-dist: octave.info INSTALL.info BUGS.info
+	echo octave-$(version) > .fname
+	rm -rf `cat .fname`
+	mkdir `cat .fname`
+	ln $(DISTFILES) `cat .fname`
+	for dir in $(DISTDIRS); do ln -s ../$$dir `cat .fname`; done
+	for dir in $(DISTSUBDIRS); do mkdir `cat .fname`/$$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) dist; cd ..; done
+.PHONY: links-for-dist
+
+links-for-bin-dist: octave.info INSTALL.info BUGS.info
+	echo octave-$(version) > .fname
+	rm -rf `cat .fname`
+	mkdir `cat .fname`
+	ln $(BINDISTFILES) `cat .fname`
+	for dir in $(BINDISTSUBDIRS); do mkdir `cat .fname`/$$dir; cd $$dir; $(MAKE) dist; cd ..; done
+.PHONY: links-for-dist
+
+binary-dist: links-for-bin-dist .fname
+	strip src/octave
+	ln src/octave `cat .fname`/octave
+	tar chf `cat .fname`.tar `cat .fname`
+	rm -rf `cat .fname` .fname
+.PHONY: binary-dist
+
+dist: links-for-dist
+	tar chf `cat .fname`.tar `cat .fname`
+	rm -rf `cat .fname` .fname
+.PHONY: dist
+
+dist-z:
+	echo octave-$(versin).tar > .fname
+	gzip --best `cat .fname`
+.PHONY: dist-z
+
+split-dist:
+	echo octave-$(version).tar.z > .fname
+	split -b 1350k `cat .fname` `cat .fname`-
+	rm -f .fname
+.PHONY: split-dist
+
+split-local-dist:
+	echo octave-local-$(version).tar.z > .fname
+	split -b 1350k `cat .fname` `cat .fname`-
+	rm -f .fname
+.PHONY: split-local-dist
+
+newversion:
+	awk '/static[ \t]+char[ \t]+version_string\[\] [ \t]*=/ { \
+	  beg = index ($$5, ".") + 1; \
+	  end = index ($$5, ";") - 2; \
+	  len_major = beg - 3; \
+	  len_minor = end - beg + 1; \
+	  major = substr ($$5, 2, len_major); \
+	  minor = substr ($$5, beg, len_minor); \
+	  printf ("static char version_string[] = \"%d.%d\";\n", \
+		  major, ++minor); \
+	  next; \
+	} { print $$0 }' src/version.h > src/version.h.new
+	mv src/version.h.new src/version.h
+.PHONY: newversion