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+PortAudio uses "autoconf" tools to generate Makefiles for Linux and Mac platforms.
+The source for these are configure.in and Makefile.in
+If you modify either of these files then please run this command before
+testing and checking in your changes.
+
+ autoreconf -if
+
+Then test a build by doing:
+
+ ./configure
+ make clean
+ make
+ sudo make install
+
+then check in the related files that are modified.
+These might include files like:
+
+ configure
+ config.guess
+ depcomp
+ install.sh
+