diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+AC_VERSION=
+
+test -n "$SRC_DIR" || SRC_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
+test -n "$SRC_DIR" || SRC_DIR=.
+
+OLD_DIR=$(pwd)
+cd "$SRC_DIR"
+
+AUTOMAKE=${AUTOMAKE:-automake}
+AM_INSTALLED_VERSION=$($AUTOMAKE --version | sed -e '2,$ d' -e 's/.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\).*/\1/')
+
+# FIXME: we need a better way for version check later.
+case "$AM_INSTALLED_VERSION" in
+    1.1[1-9])
+	;;
+    *)
+	echo
+	echo "You must have automake >= 1.11 installed."
+	echo "Install the appropriate package for your distribution,"
+	echo "or get the source tarball at http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/"
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+
+if [ "x${ACLOCAL_DIR}" != "x" ]; then
+    ACLOCAL_ARG=-I ${ACLOCAL_DIR}
+fi
+
+GTKDOCIZE=`which gtkdocize`
+
+if test "x${GTKDOCIZE}" = x; then
+    echo "You need gtk-doc to build this package."
+    echo "http://www.gtk.org/gtk-doc/"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+set -ex
+
+gtkdocize --copy
+${ACLOCAL:-aclocal$AM_VERSION} ${ACLOCAL_ARG}
+${AUTOHEADER:-autoheader$AC_VERSION} --force
+AUTOMAKE=$AUTOMAKE libtoolize -c --automake --force
+AUTOMAKE=$AUTOMAKE intltoolize -c --automake --force
+$AUTOMAKE --add-missing --copy --include-deps
+${AUTOCONF:-autoconf$AC_VERSION}
+
+rm -rf autom4te.cache
+
+if test -n "$DOCONFIGURE"; then
+	./configure $@
+fi
+
+cd "$OLD_DIR"