diff --git a/Makefile.am~ b/Makefile.am~
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-# We don't want to follow GNU file setup (no README, no AUTHORS, etc)
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
-AM_CXXFLAGS = -std=c++11 -lpthread
-
-# We have two dirs with code and (Makefile.am's) in them
-SUBDIRS = src examples