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+#!/bin/sh -x
+
+#
+# This is a convenience script to run ./configure with the command line args
+# that are designed for fuzzing and test coverage support
+#
+
+if [ -x ./configure ]; then
+    ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
+        --enable-profile-coverage --enable-fuzzing-interfaces --enable-libfiu-support $@
+else
+    echo "[*] Execute from the fwknop top level sources directory"
+fi