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+sinclude(./aclocal.m4)dnl Autoconf lossage
+GLIBC_PROVIDES dnl See aclocal.m4 in the top level source directory.
+# Local configure fragment for sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux.
+
+# On Linux, the default is to use libio instead of stdio.
+test $stdio = default && stdio=libio
+
+# Don't bother trying to generate any glue code to be compatible with the
+# existing system library, because we are the only system library.
+inhibit_glue=yes