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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# configuration is being done in a script because starting with GCC-3.2
+# the compiler flags are changing too much between minor releases to detect
+# with Makefile scripts alone. For now it just tells you if you have the
+# prerequisite compilers.
+
+ERROR=0
+
+# test for nasm
+
+if [ `uname -m` = i686 ];
+then
+
+ if [ -x /usr/bin/nasm -o -x /usr/local/bin/nasm ]; then HAVE_NASM=y; else HAVE_NASM=n; fi
+
+ if [ $HAVE_NASM = n ];
+ then echo " *** Nasm is required. Download it from nasm.sourceforge.net";
+ ERROR=1
+ fi
+
+fi
+
+if [ $ERROR -ne 0 ]; then
+ exit 1
+fi
+