diff --git a/SWIG/Runtime/Makefile.in b/SWIG/Runtime/Makefile.in
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+# Makefile for producing SWIG runtime libraries. 
+#
+# The runtime libraries contain the pointer-type checking code and other
+# support functions that are needed when creating multi-file SWIG modules.
+#
+# At the moment, libtool is used to create these libraries
+
+prefix      = @prefix@
+exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
+CC          = @CC@
+LIBTOOL     = ../Tools/libtool
+SWIGLIB     = ../Lib
+LIBS        = libswigpl.la libswigpy.la libswigtcl8.la
+LIB_DIR     = $(exec_prefix)/lib
+
+all:
+	@sh make.sh
+
+
+install:
+	@echo "Installing runtime libraries"
+	@for i in $(LIBS); \
+	do \
+	if [ -f $$i ]; then \
+	   $(LIBTOOL) install -c $$i $(LIB_DIR)/$$i; \
+        fi; \
+	done;
+
+clean::
+	rm -rf *.o *.lo *.la *.a *.c *.swg *~ core .libs
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tcl runtime library
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+TCL_INCLUDE = @TCLINCLUDE@
+TCL_RUNTIME = $(SWIGLIB)/tcl/swigtcl8.swg
+# Tcl 8.x
+
+tcl: libswigtcl8.la
+
+libswigtcl8.la:
+	cp $(TCL_RUNTIME) swigtcl8.c
+	$(LIBTOOL) $(CC) -c $(TCL_INCLUDE) -DSWIG_GLOBAL swigtcl8.c 
+	$(LIBTOOL) $(CC) -o libswigtcl8.la swigtcl8.lo -rpath $(LIB_DIR) -avoid-version
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Python run-time library
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PYTHON_INCLUDE= -DHAVE_CONFIG_H @PYINCLUDE@
+PYTHON_RUNTIME= $(SWIGLIB)/python/python.swg
+
+# Python shared
+
+python: libswigpy.la
+
+libswigpy.la:
+	cp $(PYTHON_RUNTIME) libpy.c
+	$(LIBTOOL) $(CC) -c $(PYTHON_INCLUDE) -DSWIG_GLOBAL libpy.c
+	$(LIBTOOL) $(CC) -o libswigpy.la libpy.lo -rpath $(LIB_DIR) -avoid-version
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Perl run-time library
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PERL5_INCLUDE= -I@PERL5EXT@
+PERL5_RUNTIME= $(SWIGLIB)/perl5/perl5.swg
+
+# Perl shared
+
+perl5: libswigpl.la
+
+libswigpl.la:
+	@rm -f libperl.c
+	cat perlrun.h >> libperl.c
+	cat $(PERL5_RUNTIME) >> libperl.c
+	$(LIBTOOL) $(CC) -c $(PERL5_INCLUDE) -DSWIG_GLOBAL -Dbool=char -Dexplicit= libperl.c
+	$(LIBTOOL) $(CC) -o libswigpl.la libperl.lo -rpath $(LIB_DIR) -avoid-version
diff --git a/SWIG/Runtime/make.sh b/SWIG/Runtime/make.sh
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+++ b/SWIG/Runtime/make.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Build run-time libraries for SWIG.  This script will attempt to build libraries
+# for all of SWIG's target languages, but may report failures for uninstalled 
+# packages.
+#     
+
+necho() {
+   if [ "`echo -n`" = "-n" ]; then
+      echo "${@}\c"
+   else
+      echo -n "${@}"
+   fi
+}
+
+# Script that attempts to produce different run-time libraries
+
+TARGET='perl5 python tcl'
+
+echo "Building the SWIG runtime libraries."
+echo ""
+echo "The runtime libraries are only needed if you are building"
+echo "multiple extension modules that need to share information."
+echo ""
+echo "*** Note ***"
+echo "Some of these builds may fail due to uninstalled packages."
+echo "If a build fails and you want to know what is wrong, do"
+echo "a manual build by going into the Runtime directory and"
+echo "typing 'make target' where target is the name of the target"
+echo "that is failing."
+echo ""
+
+for i in ${TARGET}; do 
+necho "    Building ${i}"; 
+if make ${i} >/dev/null 2>&1; then 
+# See if SWIG generated any errors at all
+	echo " ....... OK.";
+else 
+    echo " ....... failed.";
+fi;
+done
+
diff --git a/SWIG/Runtime/perlrun.h b/SWIG/Runtime/perlrun.h
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+++ b/SWIG/Runtime/perlrun.h
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+#include "EXTERN.h"
+#include "perl.h"
+#include "XSUB.h"