diff --git a/src/external/autoconf-archive-author b/src/external/autoconf-archive-author
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+Autoconf Archive Maintainers <autoconf-archive-maintainers@gnu.org>
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+m4/ax_append_flag.m4		m4/ax_append_flag.m4
+m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4	m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4
+m4/ax_gcc_func_attribute.m4	m4/ax_gcc_func_attribute.m4
+m4/ax_require_defined.m4	m4/ax_require_defined.m4