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+# libunwind, `eh_elf` flavour
+
+This repository is a fork of `libunwind`. The original `README` file is
+preserved as `README.original`.
+
+## Compiling
+
+```bash
+./autogen.sh
+./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-debug
+make -j
+```
+
+It is also advised to install this libunwind version to some place of your
+system, for instance `$HOME/local/libunwind-eh_elf`. For this purpose, pass an
+additional `--prefix=~/local/libunwind-eh_elf` to `./configure`, and after
+building the library, run `make install` (possibly with root permissions if you
+installed it to `/usr/local/...`).
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