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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+
+my @args=@ARGV;
+my %configvalues;
+my @configoptions;
+my $configcounter = 0;
+
+# optionally print out the architecture as the first line of our output
+my $arch = $args[2];
+if (defined $arch) {
+	print "# $arch\n";
+}
+
+# first, read the override file
+
+open (FILE,"$args[0]") || die "Could not open $args[0]";
+while (<FILE>) {
+	my $str = $_;
+	my $configname;
+
+	if (/\# ([\w]+) is not set/) {
+		$configname = $1;
+	} elsif (/([\w]+)=/) {
+		$configname = $1;
+	}
+
+	if (defined($configname) && !exists($configvalues{$configname})) {
+		$configvalues{$configname} = $str;
+		$configoptions[$configcounter] = $configname;
+		$configcounter ++;
+	}
+};
+
+# now, read and output the entire configfile, except for the overridden
+# parts... for those the new value is printed.
+
+open (FILE2,"$args[1]") || die "Could not open $args[1]";
+while (<FILE2>) {
+	my $configname;
+
+	if (/\# ([\w]+) is not set/) {
+		$configname = $1;
+	} elsif (/([\w]+)=/) {
+		$configname  = $1;
+	}
+
+	if (defined($configname) && exists($configvalues{$configname})) {
+		print "$configvalues{$configname}";
+		delete($configvalues{$configname});
+	} else {
+		print "$_";
+	}
+}
+
+# now print the new values from the overridden configfile
+my $counter = 0;
+
+while ($counter < $configcounter) {
+	my $configname = $configoptions[$counter];
+	if (exists($configvalues{$configname})) {
+		print "$configvalues{$configname}";
+	}
+	$counter++;
+}
+
+1;