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+dnl m4 for utility macros used by all out of order projects
+
+dnl this writes a "config.nice" file which reinvokes ./configure with all
+dnl of the arguments. this is different from config.status which simply
+dnl regenerates the output files. config.nice is useful after you rebuild
+dnl ./configure (via autoconf or autogen.sh)
+AC_DEFUN([OOO_CONFIG_NICE],[
+  echo configure: creating $1
+  rm -f $1
+  cat >$1<<EOF
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# Created by configure
+
+EOF
+
+  for arg in [$]0 "[$]@"; do
+    if test "[$]arg" != "--no-create" -a "[$]arg" != "--no-recursion"; then
+        echo "\"[$]arg\" \\" >> $1
+    fi
+  done
+  echo '"[$]@"' >> $1
+  chmod +x $1
+])
+
+dnl this macro adds a maintainer mode option to enable programmer specific
+dnl  code in makefiles
+AC_DEFUN([OOO_MAINTAIN_MODE],[
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(
+        maintainer,
+        [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-maintainer],[Enable maintainer mode for this project])],
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([Enabling Maintainer Mode!!])
+        OOO_MAINTAIN=1,
+        OOO_MAINTAIN=0)
+  AC_SUBST(OOO_MAINTAIN)
+])