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+#!/bin/sh
+# Run test suite with the correct configure params
+
+make distclean
+./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix= --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
+	    --enable-x11-common-plugin --with-watchdog --with-keventd
+make -j17 clean check