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+#
+# $Id: Makefile.local,v 1.1 2001/02/16 03:28:39 mdb Exp $
+#
+# Defines stuff common to this entire code tree
+
+# this tells the build system where to install shared libraries built from
+# this code tree
+LIBDIR = $(ROOT)/../../lib/$(ARCH)
+
+# where we put our zip and jar files
+ARCHIVEDIR = $(ROOT)/../../lib
+
+LOCAL_CLASSPATH += \
+	$(shell ls $(ARCHIVEDIR)/*.jar) \
+
+#	$(shell ls $(ARCHIVEDIR)/*.zip) \