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+#
+# $Id$
+#
+
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies
+
+man_MANS = \
+	curl.1 \
+	curl_easy_cleanup.3 \
+	curl_easy_init.3 \
+	curl_easy_perform.3 \
+	curl_easy_setopt.3 \
+	curl_formparse.3 \
+	curl_getdate.3 \
+	curl_getenv.3 \
+	curl_slist_append.3 \
+	curl_slist_free_all.3 \
+	curl_version.3
+
+EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS)
+