diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
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+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)
+LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lemon/libemon.la
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	m4/lx_check_cplex.m4 \
+	m4/lx_check_glpk.m4 \
+	m4/lx_check_soplex.m4
+
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+lemondir = $(pkgincludedir)
+bitsdir = $(lemondir)/bits
+conceptdir = $(lemondir)/concepts
+pkgconfig_DATA =
+lib_LTLIBRARIES =
+lemon_HEADERS =
+bits_HEADERS =
+concept_HEADERS =
+noinst_HEADERS =
+noinst_PROGRAMS =
+bin_PROGRAMS =
+check_PROGRAMS =
+TESTS =
+XFAIL_TESTS =
+
+include lemon/Makefile.am
+include test/Makefile.am
+include doc/Makefile.am
+include demo/Makefile.am
+include benchmark/Makefile.am
+include tools/Makefile.am
+
+MRPROPERFILES = \
+	aclocal.m4 \
+	config.h.in \
+	config.h.in~ \
+	configure \
+	Makefile.in \
+	build-aux/config.guess \
+	build-aux/config.sub \
+	build-aux/depcomp \
+	build-aux/install-sh \
+	build-aux/ltmain.sh \
+	build-aux/missing \
+	doc/Makefile.in \
+	doc/doxygen.log \
+	Makefile.in \
+	lemon/Makefile.in \
+	test/Makefile.in \
+	benchmark/Makefile.in \
+	demo/Makefile.in
+
+mrproper:
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) maintainer-clean
+	-rm -f $(MRPROPERFILES)
+
+dist-bz2: dist
+	zcat $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz | \
+	bzip2 --best -c > $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2
+
+distcheck-bz2: distcheck
+	zcat $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz | \
+	bzip2 --best -c > $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2
+
+.PHONY: mrproper dist-bz2 distcheck-bz2