diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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-dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-
-dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
-dnl
-dnl This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-dnl modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-dnl License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-dnl version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-dnl
-dnl This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-dnl Lesser General Public License for more details.
-dnl
-dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-dnl License along with this library.  If not, see
-dnl <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
-dnl Make automake keep quiet about wildcards & other GNUmake-isms
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([
-    foreign
-    -Wno-portability
-    tar-pax
-    no-dist-gzip
-    dist-xz
-    subdir-objects
-    ])
-dnl older automake's default of ARFLAGS=cru is noisy on newer binutils;
-dnl we don't really need the 'u' even in older toolchains.  Then there is
-dnl older libtool, which spelled it AR_FLAGS
-m4_divert_text([DEFAULTS], [: "${ARFLAGS=cr} ${AR_FLAGS=cr}"])
-
-# Default to using the silent-rules feature when possible.  Formatting
-# chosen to bypass 'grep' checks that cause older automake to warn.
-# Users (include rpm) can still change the default at configure time.
-m4_ifndef([AM_SILENT_RULES],
- [m4_define([AM_SILENT_RULES],[])])AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
-
-AC_CANONICAL_HOST
-
-dnl Checks for C compiler.
-AC_PROG_CC
-AC_PROG_INSTALL
-AC_PROG_CPP
-
-dnl get 64-int interfaces on 32-bit platforms
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
-
-dnl Support building Win32 DLLs (must appear *before* AM_PROG_LIBTOOL)
-AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
-
-m4_ifndef([LT_INIT], [
-  AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
-], [
-  LT_INIT([shared disable-static])
-])
-AM_PROG_CC_C_O
-AM_PROG_LD
-
-dnl Make some notes about which OS we're compiling for, as the lxc and qemu
-dnl drivers require linux headers, and storage_mpath, dtrace, and nwfilter
-dnl are also linux specific.  The "network" and storage_fs drivers are known
-dnl to not work on macOS presently, so we also make a note if compiling
-dnl for that
-
-with_linux=no with_macos=no with_freebsd=no with_win=no
-case $host in
-  *-*-linux*) with_linux=yes ;;
-  *-*-darwin*) with_macos=yes ;;
-  *-*-freebsd*) with_freebsd=yes ;;
-  *-*-mingw* | *-*-msvc* ) with_win=yes ;;
-esac
-
-AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_LINUX], [test "$with_linux" = "yes"])
-AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_FREEBSD], [test "$with_freebsd" = "yes"])
-AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_MACOS], [test "$with_macos" = "yes"])
-
-
-dnl
-dnl in case someone want to build static binaries
-dnl STATIC_BINARIES="-static"
-dnl
-STATIC_BINARIES=
-AC_SUBST([STATIC_BINARIES])
-
-
-dnl Need to test if pkg-config exists
-PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
-
-
-# Set LV_LIBTOOL_OBJDIR to "." or $lt_cv_objdir, depending on whether
-# we're building shared libraries.  This is the name of the directory
-# in which .o files will be created.
-test "$enable_shared" = no && lt_cv_objdir=.
-LV_LIBTOOL_OBJDIR=${lt_cv_objdir-.}
-AC_SUBST([LV_LIBTOOL_OBJDIR])
-
-AC_OUTPUT