Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/scripts/automakererun.sh
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/scripts/automakererun.sh	(revision 12585)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/scripts/automakererun.sh	(revision 12586)
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 #  archive.
 
+# As it turns out, the autoreconf script provided by Autotools
+# encompasses the functionality of this script. As such, the 
+# following two lines will replace the remainder of the script.
+# If all goes well, then the script will be shortened in the future.
 
- ACLOCAL="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/automake/install/bin/aclocal"
+cd $ISSM_DIR
+autoreconf -iv -I m4
+
+exit 0
+
+ACLOCAL="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/automake/install/bin/aclocal"
 AUTOCONF="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/autoconf/install/bin/autoconf"
 AUTOHEAD="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/autoconf/install/bin/autoheader"