diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
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-#! /usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Bootstrap file for 'autotools' build
-#
-
-export WANT_AUTOCONF="latest"
-export WANT_AUTOMAKE="1.9"
-export LANG=C
-
-rm -f aclocal.m4 configure config.guess config.log config.sub config.cache config.h.in config.h compile ltmain.sh libtool ltconfig missing mkinstalldirs depcomp install-sh INSTALL
-rm -Rf autom4te.cache
-(mkdir autotools >& /dev/null)
-(cd autotools && rm -f config.guess config.sub missing mkinstalldirs compile ltmain.sh depcomp install-sh)
-
-# Check for "glibtoolize" instead of "libtoolize" on OSX
-LIBTOOLIZE=libtoolize
-if which glibtoolize > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-	LIBTOOLIZE=glibtoolize
-fi
-
-
-DIE=0
-
-echo ""
-
-if test $DIE = 0 ; then
-	echo -n "* Running aclocal...    " ; (aclocal -I m4 >& bootstrap.tmpout) \
-		&& (echo "[OK]" ; cat bootstrap.tmpout ; rm -f bootstrap.tmpout) \
-		|| (echo "[NO]" ; cat bootstrap.tmpout ; rm -f bootstrap.tmpout ; not_a_command >& /dev/null) || DIE=1
-fi
-
-if test $DIE = 0 ; then
-	echo -n "* Running autoconf...   " ; (autoconf >& bootstrap.tmpout) \
-		&& (echo "[OK]" ; cat bootstrap.tmpout ; rm -f bootstrap.tmpout) \
-		|| (echo "[NO]" ; cat bootstrap.tmpout ; rm -f bootstrap.tmpout ; not_a_command >& /dev/null) || DIE=1
-fi
-
-if test $DIE = 0 ; then
-	echo -n "* Running autoheader... " ; (autoheader >& bootstrap.tmpout) \
-		&& (echo "[OK]" ; cat bootstrap.tmpout ; rm -f bootstrap.tmpout) \
-		|| (echo "[NO]" ; cat bootstrap.tmpout ; rm -f bootstrap.tmpout ; not_a_command >& /dev/null) || DIE=1
-fi
-
-if test $DIE = 0 ; then
-	echo -n "* Running libtoolize... " ; ($LIBTOOLIZE --copy --force --automake >& bootstrap.tmpout) \
-		&& (echo "[OK]" ; cat bootstrap.tmpout ; rm -f bootstrap.tmpout) \
-		|| (echo "[NO]" ; cat bootstrap.tmpout ; rm -f bootstrap.tmpout ; not_a_command >& /dev/null) || DIE=1
-fi
-
-# Bug with automake 1.10?
-touch autotools/config.rpath
-
-if test $DIE = 0 ; then
-	echo -n "* Running automake...   " ; (automake --add-missing --copy >& bootstrap.tmpout) \
-		&& (echo "[OK]" ; cat bootstrap.tmpout ; rm -f bootstrap.tmpout) \
-		|| (echo "[NO]" ; cat bootstrap.tmpout ; rm -f bootstrap.tmpout ; not_a_command >& /dev/null) || DIE=1
-fi
-
-echo ""
-