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INSTALL.md: Document the BUILD_YEAR2038 environment variable
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run `./autogen.sh` (a shell script). The autogen.sh script will
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build the `configure` and `config.h.in` files.
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* If you build on a Linux 32-bit system, with Autoconf version >= 2.72
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and GNU C Library version >= 2.34, run `export BUILD_YEAR2038=yes`
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before running `./autogen.sh` to build with 64-bit time_t (Y2038-safe).
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On some system, you may need to set the `AUTORECONF` variable, like:
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`AUTORECONF=autoreconf-2.69 ./autogen.sh`
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to select the `autoreconf` version you want to use.

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