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+#
+# tclreadline configure for FreeBSD
+#
+
+libtoolize --force
+aclocal
+autoheader
+automake --force-missing --add-missing
+autoconf
+./configure --with-tcl=/usr/local/lib/tcl8.6  --with-tcl-includes=/usr/local/include/tcl8.6 --mandir=/usr/local/man 
+#--enable-symbols
+