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+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Check for a bug in distcheck w.r.t. generated manpages.
+
+. ./defs || Exit 1
+
+# Avoid a spurious failure due to a known FreeBSD make incompatibility.
+useless_vpath_rebuild \
+  && skip_ "VPATH useless rebuild detected (see bug#7884)"
+
+cat > Makefile.am << 'END'
+dist_man_MANS = foo.1
+foo.1:
+## This 'rm' command will fail if $(srcdir) is unwritable.
+	rm -f $(srcdir)/$@
+	: > $(srcdir)/$@
+END
+
+cat >> configure.ac <<'END'
+AC_OUTPUT
+END
+
+$ACLOCAL
+$AUTOMAKE
+$AUTOCONF
+
+mkdir build
+cd build
+../configure
+
+$MAKE
+test -f ../foo.1
+$MAKE distdir
+test -f $me-1.0/foo.1
+$MAKE distcheck
+
+cd ..
+rm -f foo.1
+./configure
+
+$MAKE
+test -f foo.1
+$MAKE distdir
+test -f $me-1.0/foo.1
+$MAKE distcheck
+
+: