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Architecture-independent data files
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   Automake supports the installation of miscellaneous data files using
the `DATA' family of variables.

   Such data can be installed in the directories `datadir',
`sysconfdir', `sharedstatedir', `localstatedir', or `pkgdatadir'.

   By default, data files are _not_ included in a distribution.

   Here is how Automake installs its auxiliary data files:

     pkgdata_DATA = clean-kr.am clean.am ...