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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This file exists for backwards-compatibility with build systems that expect a
+# config script similar to OpenSSL's.
+
+# New software should prefer the native configure script over this one.
+
+ARGS=""
+for var in "$@"; do
+	case $var in
+		no-shared ) ARGS="$ARGS --disable-shared";;
+		no-asm    ) ARGS="$ARGS --disable-asm";;
+		--prefix* ) ARGS="$ARGS $var";;
+	esac
+done
+
+./configure $ARGS