diff --git a/build_dist.sh b/build_dist.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+rm -f config.cache
+rm -fr autom4te.cache
+chmod a-x docs/*.rst docs/*.htm*
+
+/opt/local/bin/autoheader
+/opt/local/bin/aclocal -I m4
+/sw/bin/libtoolize -f
+/opt/local/bin/automake -ac
+/opt/local/bin/autoconf
+./configure --with-zlib=shipped --enable-examples=yes --enable-tests=yes --with-boost-thread=mt-1_35 --with-boost-system=mt-1_35 --with-boost-filesystem=mt-1_35 --with-boost-regex=mt-1_35 --with-boost-program-options=mt-1_35
+make dist check
+