diff --git a/build/fixautoconf.sh b/build/fixautoconf.sh
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+cd /tmp
+mkdir fix_autoconf
+cd fix_autoconf
+wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.61.tar.gz
+tar -zxvf autoconf-2.61.tar.gz
+cd autoconf-2.61
+./configure --prefix=/usr
+make
+make install
+cd /tmp
+rm -fr fix_autoconf
+