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-# uintmax_t.m4 serial 7 (gettext-0.12)
-dnl Copyright (C) 1997-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-dnl This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
-dnl General Public License.  As a special exception to the GNU General
-dnl Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program
-dnl that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under
-dnl the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
-
-dnl From Paul Eggert.
-
-AC_PREREQ(2.13)
-
-# Define uintmax_t to 'unsigned long' or 'unsigned long long'
-# if it is not already defined in <stdint.h> or <inttypes.h>.
-
-AC_DEFUN([jm_AC_TYPE_UINTMAX_T],
-[
-  AC_REQUIRE([jm_AC_HEADER_INTTYPES_H])
-  AC_REQUIRE([jm_AC_HEADER_STDINT_H])
-  if test $jm_ac_cv_header_inttypes_h = no && test $jm_ac_cv_header_stdint_h = no; then
-    AC_REQUIRE([jm_AC_TYPE_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG])
-    test $ac_cv_type_unsigned_long_long = yes \
-      && ac_type='unsigned long long' \
-      || ac_type='unsigned long'
-    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(uintmax_t, $ac_type,
-      [Define to unsigned long or unsigned long long
-       if <stdint.h> and <inttypes.h> don't define.])
-  else
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UINTMAX_T, 1,
-      [Define if you have the 'uintmax_t' type in <stdint.h> or <inttypes.h>.])
-  fi
-])