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+# Create the file $(1) from $(1).in by running config.status (which
+# substitutes all ‘@var@’ variables set by the configure script).
+define instantiate-template =
+
+  clean_files += $(1)
+
+endef
+
+%: %.in
+	$(QUIET) ./config.status --quiet --file $@