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diff --git a/project/config/cfgdefs.in b/project/config/cfgdefs.in
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+# variant
+AUTOMAKE_VER               = @automake_ver@
+AUTOMAKE_YEAR              = @automake_year@
+AUTOMAKE_MAJOR             = @automake_major@
+AUTOMAKE_MINOR             = @automake_minor@
+AUTOMAKE_MICRO             = @automake_micro@
diff --git a/project/config/cfgdefs.sh b/project/config/cfgdefs.sh
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+# in projects where [ $mb_use_custom_cfgdefs = yes ],
+# cfgdefs.sh is invoked from within ./configure via
+# . $mb_project_dir/project/cfgdefs.sh
+
+# this file is covered by COPYING.BAUTOMAKE.
+
+# a successful return from cfgdefs.sh will be followed
+# by a second invocation of the config_copy() function,
+# reflecting any changes to common config variables
+# made by cfgdefs.sh.
+
+# finally, cfgdefs.sh may update the contents of the
+# config-time generated cfgdefs.mk.
+
+
+for arg ; do
+	case "$arg" in
+		*)
+			error_msg ${arg#}: "unsupported config argument."
+			exit 2
+	esac
+done
+
+
+cfgdefs_detect_automake_version()
+{
+	automake_ver=$(grep 'VERSION' "$mb_source_dir/doc/version.texi")
+	automake_ver=${automake_ver##* }
+
+	automake_year=$(grep 'UPDATED-MONTH' "$mb_source_dir/doc/version.texi")
+	automake_year=${automake_year##* }
+
+	automake_major=$(printf '%s' "$automake_ver" | cut -d'.' -f1)
+	automake_minor=$(printf '%s' "$automake_ver" | cut -d'.' -f2)
+	automake_micro=$(printf '%s' "$automake_ver" | cut -d'.' -f3)
+
+	if [ -z "$automake_major" ] || [ -z "$automake_minor" ]; then
+		error_msg "Could not properly parse automake's version.texi"
+		exit 2
+	fi
+}
+
+
+cfgdefs_output_custom_defs()
+{
+	sed \
+			-e 's/@automake_ver@/'"$automake_ver"'/g'       \
+			-e 's/@automake_year@/'"$automake_year"'/g'     \
+			-e 's/@automake_major@/'"$automake_major"'/g'   \
+			-e 's/@automake_minor@/'"$automake_minor"'/g'   \
+			-e 's/@automake_micro@/'"$automake_micro"'/g'   \
+		"$mb_project_dir/project/config/cfgdefs.in"         \
+	| sed -e 's/[ \t]*$//g'                                     \
+			>> "$mb_pwd/cfgdefs.mk"
+}
+
+
+# automake version info
+cfgdefs_detect_automake_version
+
+# cfgdefs.in --> cfgdefs.mk
+cfgdefs_output_custom_defs
+
+# all done
+return 0
diff --git a/project/config/cfgdefs.usage b/project/config/cfgdefs.usage
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+++ b/project/config/cfgdefs.usage