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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2008 Andrew Beekhof
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+#
+
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES    = Makefile.in aclocal.m4 configure DRF/config-h.in \
+                        DRF/stamp-h.in libtool.m4 ltdl.m4 libltdl.tar
+
+SUBDIRS	= heartbeat
+
+tgz:
+	rm -f $(TARFILE)
+	hg archive -t tgz $(TARFILE)
+	echo Rebuilt $(TARFILE) on `date`
+
+clean-generic:
+	find . -name ".gres.*" -exec rm \{\} \;
+	find . -name "*~" -exec rm \{\} \;
+
+dist-clean-local:
+	rm -f autoconf automake autoheader $(TARFILE)
+
+.PHONY: