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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This file is a part of LEMON, a generic C++ optimization library.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2009
+# Egervary Jeno Kombinatorikus Optimalizalasi Kutatocsoport
+# (Egervary Research Group on Combinatorial Optimization, EGRES).
+#
+# Permission to use, modify and distribute this software is granted
+# provided that this copyright notice appears in all copies. For
+# precise terms see the accompanying LICENSE file.
+#
+# This software is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind,
+# express or implied, and with no claim as to its suitability for any
+# purpose.
+
+
+if [ ! -f ~/.lemon-bootstrap ]; then
+    echo 'Create ~/.lemon-bootstrap'.
+    cat >~/.lemon-bootstrap <<EOF
+#
+# Default settings for bootstraping the LEMON source code repository
+#
+EOF
+fi
+
+source ~/.lemon-bootstrap
+if [ -f ../../../.lemon-bootstrap ]; then source ../../../.lemon-bootstrap; fi
+if [ -f ../../.lemon-bootstrap ]; then source ../../.lemon-bootstrap; fi
+if [ -f ../.lemon-bootstrap ]; then source ../.lemon-bootstrap; fi
+if [ -f ./.lemon-bootstrap ]; then source ./.lemon-bootstrap; fi
+
+
+function augment_config() { 
+    if [ "x${!1}" == "x" ]; then
+        eval $1=$2
+        echo Add "'$1'" to '~/.lemon-bootstrap'.
+        echo >>~/.lemon-bootstrap
+        echo $3 >>~/.lemon-bootstrap
+        echo $1=$2 >>~/.lemon-bootstrap
+    fi
+}
+
+augment_config LEMON_INSTALL_PREFIX /usr/local \
+    "# LEMON installation prefix"
+
+augment_config COIN_OR_PREFIX /usr/local/coin-or \
+    "# COIN-OR installation root prefix (used for CLP/CBC)"
+
+augment_config SOPLEX_PREFIX /usr/local/soplex \
+    "# Soplex build prefix"
+
+
+function ask() {
+echo -n "$1 [$2]? "
+read _an
+if [ "x$_an" == "x" ]; then
+    ret="$2"
+else
+    ret=$_an
+fi
+}
+
+function yesorno() {
+    ret='rossz'
+    while [ "$ret" != "y" -a "$ret" != "n" -a "$ret" != "yes" -a "$ret" != "no" ]; do
+        ask "$1" "$2"
+    done
+    if [ "$ret" != "y" -a "$ret" != "yes" ]; then
+        return 1
+    else
+        return 0
+    fi
+}
+
+if yesorno "External build" "n"
+then
+    CONFIGURE_PATH=".."
+else
+    CONFIGURE_PATH="."
+    if yesorno "Autoreconf" "y"
+    then
+        AUTORE=yes
+    else
+        AUTORE=no
+    fi
+fi
+
+if yesorno "Optimize" "n" 
+then
+    opt_flags=' -O2'
+else
+    opt_flags=''
+fi
+
+if yesorno "Stop on warning" "y" 
+then
+    werror_flags=' -Werror'
+else
+    werror_flags=''
+fi
+
+cxx_flags="CXXFLAGS=-ggdb$opt_flags$werror_flags"
+
+if [ -f ${COIN_OR_PREFIX}/include/coin/config_coinutils.h ]; then
+    if yesorno "Use COIN-OR (CBC/CLP)" "n"
+    then
+        coin_flag="--with-coin=$COIN_OR_PREFIX"
+    else
+        coin_flag=""
+    fi
+else
+    coin_flag=""        
+fi
+
+if [ -f ${SOPLEX_PREFIX}/src/soplex.h ]; then
+    if yesorno "Use Soplex" "n"
+    then
+        soplex_flag="--with-soplex=$SOPLEX_PREFIX"
+    else
+        soplex_flag=""
+    fi
+else
+    soplex_flag=""
+fi
+
+if [ "x$AUTORE" == "xyes" ]; then
+    autoreconf -vif;
+fi
+${CONFIGURE_PATH}/configure --prefix=$LEMON_INSTALL_PREFIX \
+"$cxx_flags" \
+$coin_flag \
+$soplex_flag \
+$*