diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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--- a/.cvsignore
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-libprelude-0.9.16.2.tar.gz
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-libprelude-0.9.20.1.tar.gz
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-libprelude-0.9.21.tar.gz
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-libprelude-0.9.25.tar.gz
-libprelude-1.0.0rc1.tar.gz
-libprelude-1.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+libprelude-0.9.13.tar.gz
+libprelude-0.9.16.1.tar.gz
+libprelude-0.9.16.2.tar.gz
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+libprelude-0.9.22.tar.gz
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+libprelude-0.9.24.tar.gz
+libprelude-0.9.25.tar.gz
+libprelude-1.0.0rc1.tar.gz
+libprelude-1.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
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-# Makefile for source rpm: libprelude
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 2006/12/30 13:18:12 tscherf Exp $
-NAME := libprelude
-SPECFILE = $(firstword $(wildcard *.spec))
-
-define find-makefile-common
-for d in common ../common ../../common ; do if [ -f $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then if [ -f $$d/CVS/Root -a -w $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then cd $$d ; cvs -Q update ; fi ; echo "$$d/Makefile.common" ; break ; fi ; done
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(find-makefile-common))
-
-ifeq ($(MAKEFILE_COMMON),)
-# attept a checkout
-define checkout-makefile-common
-test -f CVS/Root && { cvs -Q -d $$(cat CVS/Root) checkout common && echo "common/Makefile.common" ; } || { echo "ERROR: I can't figure out how to checkout the 'common' module." ; exit -1 ; } >&2
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(checkout-makefile-common))
-endif
-
-include $(MAKEFILE_COMMON)