#
#
# patch "Makefile.am"
#  from [1fe83ebe32f8e3c55e5116bf1ea689e28116cc93]
#    to [5bd5b579db2c6091b767262ac27e5ab5d190bf66]
#
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--- Makefile.am	1fe83ebe32f8e3c55e5116bf1ea689e28116cc93
+++ Makefile.am	5bd5b579db2c6091b767262ac27e5ab5d190bf66
@@ -564,6 +564,12 @@ CLEANFILES = $(BUILT_SOURCES) $(CLEAN_SO
 
 CLEANFILES = $(BUILT_SOURCES) $(CLEAN_SOURCES) $(EPS_FIGURES) $(CLEAN_POFILES)
 
+# automake provides no nice way to build a helper program to execute
+# on the build machine, so we need our own rule.  almost all the
+# standard flags variables are inappropriate.
+txt2c$(EXEEXT): txt2c.cc
+	$(CXX_FOR_BUILD) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+
 # files generated using txt2c
 std_hooks.cc: std_hooks.lua txt2c$(EXEEXT)
 	./txt2c std_hooks $< $@