diff --git a/build/Makefile.am b/build/Makefile.am
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diff --git a/build/Makefile.in b/build/Makefile.in
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+# Makefile.in generated automatically by automake 1.2a from Makefile.am
+
+# Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This Makefile.in is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without
+# even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+# PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+#### Makefile.in template for guile-core/build.
+#### Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> --- September 1997
+
+
+SHELL = /bin/sh
+
+srcdir = @srcdir@
+top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+VPATH = @srcdir@
+prefix = @prefix@
+exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
+
+bindir = @bindir@
+sbindir = @sbindir@
+libexecdir = @libexecdir@
+datadir = @datadir@
+sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
+sharedstatedir = @sharedstatedir@
+localstatedir = @localstatedir@
+libdir = @libdir@
+infodir = @infodir@
+mandir = @mandir@
+includedir = @includedir@
+oldincludedir = /usr/include
+
+pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@
+pkglibdir = $(libdir)/@PACKAGE@
+pkgincludedir = $(includedir)/@PACKAGE@
+
+top_builddir = ..
+
+ACLOCAL = @ACLOCAL@
+AUTOCONF = @AUTOCONF@
+AUTOMAKE = @AUTOMAKE@
+AUTOHEADER = @AUTOHEADER@
+
+INSTALL = @INSTALL@
+INSTALL_PROGRAM = @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
+INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
+INSTALL_SCRIPT = @INSTALL_SCRIPT@
+transform = @program_transform_name@
+
+NORMAL_INSTALL = true
+PRE_INSTALL = true
+POST_INSTALL = true
+NORMAL_UNINSTALL = true
+PRE_UNINSTALL = true
+POST_UNINSTALL = true
+host_alias = @host_alias@
+host_triplet = @host@
+AWK = @AWK@
+CC = @CC@
+CPP = @CPP@
+GUILE_MAJOR_VERSION = @GUILE_MAJOR_VERSION@
+GUILE_MINOR_VERSION = @GUILE_MINOR_VERSION@
+GUILE_STAMP = @GUILE_STAMP@
+GUILE_VERSION = @GUILE_VERSION@
+LD = @LD@
+LIBLOBJS = @LIBLOBJS@
+LIBTOOL = @LIBTOOL@
+LN_S = @LN_S@
+MAINT = @MAINT@
+MAKEINFO = @MAKEINFO@
+NM = @NM@
+PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@
+RANLIB = @RANLIB@
+THREAD_LIBS = @THREAD_LIBS@
+VERSION = @VERSION@
+qtmd_h = @qtmd_h@
+qtmdb_s = @qtmdb_s@
+qtmdc_c = @qtmdc_c@
+qtmdc_o = @qtmdc_o@
+qtmds_o = @qtmds_o@
+qtmds_s = @qtmds_s@
+target_libs = @target_libs@
+
+bin_SCRIPTS=build-guile
+CLEANFILES=build-guile
+EXTRA_DIST=build-guile.in
+mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs
+CONFIG_HEADER = ../libguile/scmconfig.h
+CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = 
+SCRIPTS =  $(bin_SCRIPTS)
+
+DIST_COMMON =  Makefile.am Makefile.in
+
+
+DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
+
+TAR = tar
+GZIP = --best
+default: all
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+$(srcdir)/Makefile.in: @MAINT@ Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/configure.in $(ACLOCAL_M4) 
+	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu build/Makefile
+
+Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+	cd $(top_builddir) \
+	  && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@ CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
+
+
+install-binSCRIPTS: $(bin_SCRIPTS)
+	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(bindir)
+	@list='$(bin_SCRIPTS)'; for p in $$list; do \
+	  if test -f $$p; then \
+	    echo " $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $$p $(bindir)/`echo $$p|sed '$(transform)'`"; \
+	    $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $$p $(bindir)/`echo $$p|sed '$(transform)'`; \
+	  else if test -f $(srcdir)/$$p; then \
+	    echo " $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(srcdir)/$$p $(bindir)/`echo $$p|sed '$(transform)'`"; \
+	    $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(srcdir)/$$p $(bindir)/`echo $$p|sed '$(transform)'`; \
+	  else :; fi; fi; \
+	done
+
+uninstall-binSCRIPTS:
+	$(NORMAL_UNINSTALL)
+	list='$(bin_SCRIPTS)'; for p in $$list; do \
+	  rm -f $(bindir)/`echo $$p|sed '$(transform)'`; \
+	done
+tags: TAGS
+TAGS:
+
+
+distdir = $(top_builddir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/$(subdir)
+
+subdir = build
+
+distdir: $(DISTFILES)
+	here=`cd $(top_builddir) && pwd`; \
+	top_distdir=`cd $(top_distdir) && pwd`; \
+	cd $(top_srcdir) \
+	  && $(AUTOMAKE) --include-deps --build-dir=$$here --srcdir-name=$(top_srcdir) --output-dir=$$top_distdir --gnu build/Makefile
+	@for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
+	  d=$(srcdir); \
+	  test -f $(distdir)/$$file \
+	  || ln $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file 2> /dev/null \
+	  || cp -p $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
+	done
+info:
+dvi:
+check: all
+	$(MAKE)
+installcheck:
+install-exec: install-binSCRIPTS
+	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
+
+install-data: 
+	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
+
+install: install-exec install-data all
+	@:
+
+uninstall: uninstall-binSCRIPTS
+
+all: Makefile $(SCRIPTS)
+
+install-strip:
+	$(MAKE) INSTALL_PROGRAM='$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -s' INSTALL_SCRIPT='$(INSTALL_PROGRAM)' install
+installdirs:
+	$(mkinstalldirs)  $(bindir)
+
+
+mostlyclean-generic:
+	test -z "$(MOSTLYCLEANFILES)" || rm -f $(MOSTLYCLEANFILES)
+
+clean-generic:
+	test -z "$(CLEANFILES)" || rm -f $(CLEANFILES)
+
+distclean-generic:
+	rm -f Makefile $(DISTCLEANFILES)
+	rm -f config.cache config.log stamp-h stamp-h[0-9]*
+	test -z "$(CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES)" || rm -f $(CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES)
+
+maintainer-clean-generic:
+	test -z "$(MAINTAINERCLEANFILES)" || rm -f $(MAINTAINERCLEANFILES)
+	test -z "$(BUILT_SOURCES)" || rm -f $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+mostlyclean:  mostlyclean-generic
+
+clean:  clean-generic mostlyclean
+
+distclean:  distclean-generic clean
+	rm -f config.status
+	rm -f libtool
+
+maintainer-clean:  maintainer-clean-generic distclean
+	@echo "This command is intended for maintainers to use;"
+	@echo "it deletes files that may require special tools to rebuild."
+
+.PHONY: default uninstall-binSCRIPTS install-binSCRIPTS tags distdir \
+info dvi installcheck install-exec install-data install uninstall all \
+installdirs mostlyclean-generic distclean-generic clean-generic \
+maintainer-clean-generic clean mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
+
+build-guile: build-guile.in
+	rm -f build-guile.tmp
+	sed < ${srcdir}/build-guile.in > build-guile.tmp \
+	    -e s:@-bindir-@:${bindir}: \
+	    -e s:@-GUILE_VERSION-@:${GUILE_VERSION}:
+	chmod +x build-guile.tmp
+	mv build-guile.tmp build-guile
+
+# Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
+# Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
+.NOEXPORT:
diff --git a/build/build-guile.in b/build/build-guile.in
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+#!@-bindir-@/guile \
+-e main -s
+!#
+;;;; build-guile --- utility for linking programs with Guile
+;;;; Jim Blandy <jim@red-bean.com> --- September 1997
+
+(use-modules (ice-9 regex)
+	     (ice-9 string-fun))
+
+
+;;;; main function, command-line processing
+
+;;; The script's entry point.
+(define (main args)
+  (set-program-name! (car args))
+  (let ((args (cdr args)))
+    (cond
+     ((zero? (length args)) (show-usage))
+     ((string=? (car args) "--help") (show-usage))
+     ((string=? (car args) "--version") (show-version))
+     ((string=? (car args) "link") (build-link (cdr args)))
+     ((string=? (car args) "main") (build-main (cdr args)))
+     (else (show-usage)))))
+
+(define program-name #f)
+(define program-version "@-GUILE_VERSION-@")
+
+;;; Given an executable path PATH, set program-name to something
+;;; appropriate f or use in error messages (i.e., with leading
+;;; directory names stripped).
+(define (set-program-name! path)
+  (set! program-name
+	(cond
+	 ((string-match "/([^/]+)$" path)
+	  => (lambda (match) (match:substring match 1)))
+	 (else path))))
+
+(define (show-usage)
+  (let ((dl display-line))
+    (dl "Usage: ")
+    (dl "  " program-name " link        - print libraries to link with")
+    (dl "  " program-name " main        - generate initialization code")
+    (dl "  " program-name " --help      - show usage info (this message)")
+    (dl "  " program-name " --version   - show running version")))
+
+(define (show-version)
+  (display-line program-name " - Guile version " program-version))
+
+
+;;;; the "link" subcommand
+
+;;; Write a set of linker flags to standard output to include the
+;;; libraries that libguile needs to link against.
+;;;
+;;; In the long run, we want to derive these flags from Guile module
+;;; declarations files that are installed along the load path.  For
+;;; now, we're just going to reach into Guile's configuration info and
+;;; hack it out.
+(define (build-link args)
+  (if (> (length args) 0)
+      (error
+       (string-append program-name
+		      " link: arguments to subcommand not yet implemented")))
+
+  (let* ((flags
+	  (let loop ((libs
+		      ;; Get the string of linker flags we used to build
+		      ;; Guile, and break it up into a list.
+		      (separate-fields-discarding-char #\space
+						       (get-build-info 'LIBS)
+						       list)))
+	    (cond
+	     ((null? libs) '())
+
+	     ;; Turn any "FOO/libBAR.a" elements into "-lBAR".
+	     ((string-match "^.*/lib([^./]+).a$" (car libs))
+	      => (lambda (match)
+		   (cons (string-append "-l" (match:substring match 1))
+			 (loop (cdr libs)))))
+
+	     ;; Remove any empty strings that may have seeped in there.
+	     ((string=? (car libs) "") (loop (cdr libs)))
+	    
+	     (else (cons (car libs) (loop (cdr libs)))))))
+
+	 ;; Don't omit -lguile itself from the list of flags.
+	 (flags (cons "-lguile" flags)))
+
+    ;; Display the flags, separated by spaces.
+    (display-separated flags)
+    (newline)))
+
+(define (get-build-info name)
+  (let ((val (assq name %guile-build-info)))
+    (or val (error "get-build-info: no such build info: " name))
+    (cdr val)))
+   
+
+;;;; The "main" subcommand
+
+(define (build-main args)
+  (display-line-port (current-error-port)
+		     program-name ": `main' subcommand not yet implemented"))
+
+
+;;;; trivial utilities
+
+(define (display-line . args)
+  (apply display-line-port (current-output-port) args))
+
+(define (display-line-port port . args)
+  (for-each (lambda (arg) (display arg port))
+	    args)
+  (newline))
+
+(define (display-separated args)
+  (let loop ((args args))
+    (cond ((null? args))
+	  ((null? (cdr args)) (display (car args)))
+	  (else (display (car args))
+		(display " ")
+		(loop (cdr args))))))
+
+
+;;; Local Variables:
+;;; mode: scheme
+;;; End: