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+# Initialization
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+AC_INIT([phosphor-host-ipmid], [1.0], [https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-host-ipmid/issues])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects -Wall -Werror foreign dist-xz])
+AM_PROG_AR()
+
+# Checks for programs.
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX(14, [noext])
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+
+# Checks for libraries.
+AC_CHECK_LIB([mapper], [mapper_get_service])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SYSTEMD], [libsystemd >= 221])
+
+# Checks for header files.
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(systemd/sd-bus.h, ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find systemd/sd-bus.h...systemd developement package required])])
+
+# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+
+# Checks for library functions.
+LT_INIT
+LT_LIB_DLLOAD
+AC_ENABLE_SHARED
+AC_DISABLE_STATIC
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT