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+Description:
+Bootstrap an Autotooled package from checked-out sources.
+
+Files:
+build-aux/bootstrap.in
+
+Depends-on:
+extract-trace
+funclib.sh
+inline-source
+options-parser
+
+configure.ac:
+
+Makefile.am:
+
+Include:
+
+License:
+GPLed build tool
+
+Maintainer:
+Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>