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+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+AC_INIT([phosphor-debug-collector], [1.0], [https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-debug-collector/issues])
+AC_LANG([C++])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects -Wall -Werror foreign dist-xz])
+AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
+
+# Checks for programs
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_PROG_INSTALL #Checks/sets the install variable to be used
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+
+# Check for libraries
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PHOSPHOR_DBUS_INTERFACES], [phosphor-dbus-interfaces],,\
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(["Requires phosphor-dbus-interfaces package."]))
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDBUSPLUS], [sdbusplus],,
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(["Requires sdbusplus package."]))
+
+# Checks for library functions
+LT_INIT # Required for systemd linking
+
+# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_14([noext])
+AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wall -Werror], [CXXFLAGS])
+
+AC_ARG_VAR(DUMP_BUSNAME, [The Dbus busname to own])
+AS_IF([test "x$DUMP_BUSNAME" == "x"], [DUMP_BUSNAME="xyz.openbmc_project.Dump"])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DUMP_BUSNAME], ["$DUMP_BUSNAME"], [The DBus busname to own])
+
+AC_ARG_VAR(DUMP_OBJPATH, [The Dump manager Dbus root])
+AS_IF([test "x$DUMP_OBJPATH" == "x"], [DUMP_OBJPATH="/xyz/openbmc_project/dump"])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DUMP_OBJPATH], ["$DUMP_OBJPATH"], [The dump manager Dbus root])
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT