diff --git a/grub-core/configure.ac b/grub-core/configure.ac
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-# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-
-# Copyright (C) 2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-#
-# This configure.ac is free software; the author
-# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
-# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without
-# even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
-# PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
-dnl This configure script is complicated, because GRUB needs to deal
-dnl with three potentially different types:
-dnl
-dnl   build  -- the environment for building GRUB
-dnl   host   -- the environment for running utilities
-dnl   target -- the environment for running GRUB
-dnl
-dnl In addition, GRUB needs to deal with a platform specification
-dnl which specifies the system running GRUB, such as firmware.
-dnl This is necessary because the target type in autoconf does not
-dnl describe such a system very well.
-dnl
-dnl The current strategy is to build utilities using host
-dnl cross-compiler and grub core and modules using target
-dnl cross-compiler.  For this we use nested packages approach, where
-dnl top-level package grub utilities is built with HOSTCC and nested
-dnl package (in grub-core directory) builds with TARGETCC.
-
-# NOTE: ../configure.ac must also be updated.
-AC_INIT([GRUB],[1.98],[bug-grub@gnu.org])
-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
-
-: ${CFLAGS=""} # We don't want -g -O2
-
-# Checks for host and target systems.
-AC_CANONICAL_HOST
-AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
-
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE()
-AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([include/grub/dl.h])
-AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
-
-grub_coredir='.'
-AC_SUBST(grub_coredir)
-
-grub_utildir='..'
-AC_SUBST(grub_utildir)
-
-m4_include([configure.common])
-
-CC=$TARGET_CC
-CPP=$TARGET_CC
-CCAS=$TARGET_CC
-
-# Output files.
-grub_CHECK_LINK_DIR
-if test x"$link_dir" = xyes ; then
-  AC_CONFIG_LINKS([include/grub/cpu:include/grub/$target_cpu])
-  mkdir -p lib/target_cpu
-  cp -r $srcdir/lib/$target_cpu/* lib/target_cpu
-  if test "$platform" != emu ; then
-    AC_CONFIG_LINKS([include/grub/machine:include/grub/$target_cpu/$platform])
-  fi
-else
-  mkdir -p include/grub 2>/dev/null
-  rm -rf include/grub/cpu
-  cp -rp $srcdir/include/grub/$target_cpu include/grub/cpu 2>/dev/null
-  cp -rp $srcdir/lib/$target_cpu lib/target_cpu 2>/dev/null
-  if test "$platform" != emu ; then
-    rm -rf include/grub/machine
-    cp -rp $srcdir/grub-core/include/grub/$target_cpu/$platform include/grub/machine 2>/dev/null
-  fi
-fi
-
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([po/Makefile])
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([stamp-h], [echo timestamp > stamp-h])
-
-AC_OUTPUT