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+#!/usr/local/bin/perl
+
+use Config;
+use File::Basename qw(&basename &dirname);
+
+# List explicitly here the variables you want Configure to
+# generate.  Metaconfig only looks for shell variables, so you
+# have to mention them as if they were shell variables, not
+# %Config entries:
+#  $startperl
+#  $perlpath
+#  $eunicefix
+
+# This forces PL files to create target in same directory as PL file.
+# This is so that make depend always knows where to find PL derivatives.
+chdir dirname($0);
+$file = basename($0, '.PL');
+$file .= '.com' if $^O eq 'VMS';
+
+# Open input file before creating output file.
+$IN = '../lib/diagnostics.pm';
+open IN or die "Can't open $IN: $!\n";
+
+# Create output file.
+open OUT,">$file" or die "Can't create $file: $!";
+
+print "Extracting $file (with variable substitutions)\n";
+
+# In this section, perl variables will be expanded during extraction.
+# You can use $Config{...} to use Configure variables.
+
+print OUT <<"!GROK!THIS!";
+$Config{startperl}
+    eval 'exec $Config{perlpath} -S \$0 \${1+"\$@"}'
+	if \$running_under_some_shell;
+!GROK!THIS!
+
+while (<IN>) {
+    print OUT unless /^package diagnostics/;
+}
+
+close IN;
+
+close OUT or die "Can't close $file: $!";
+chmod 0755, $file or die "Can't reset permissions for $file: $!\n";
+exec("$Config{'eunicefix'} $file") if $Config{'eunicefix'} ne ':';