diff --git a/maint/mc_glib1_compile b/maint/mc_glib1_compile
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Get glib-1.2.10 and compile GNU Midnight Commander against it.
+# Should be run from the top-level directory.
+
+GLIB_VERSION="1.2.10"
+GLIB_DIR="glib-$GLIB_VERSION"
+GLIB_TARBALL="glib-$GLIB_VERSION.tar.gz"
+GLIB_URL="ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.2/$GLIB_TARBALL"
+MC_TOPDIR=`pwd`
+GLIB_INSTDIR="$MC_TOPDIR/glib-inst"
+
+if test -f src/dir.c; then : ; else
+  echo "Not in the top-level directory of GNU Midnight Commander." 2>&1
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if test -f configure; then : ; else
+  ./autogen.sh --help >/dev/null || exit 1
+fi
+
+if gzip -vt "$GLIB_TARBALL"; then : ; else
+  wget "$GLIB_URL" || curl -o "$GLIB_TARBALL" "$GLIB_URL" || exit 1
+fi
+
+rm -rf "$GLIB_DIR"
+gzip -cd "$GLIB_TARBALL" | tar xf -
+cd "$GLIB_DIR"
+if test -f glist.c; then : ; else
+  echo "glib source is incomplete" 2>&1
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+rm -rf "$GLIB_INSTDIR"
+./configure --disable-shared --prefix="$GLIB_INSTDIR" || exit 1
+make all || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
+
+cd "$MC_TOPDIR"
+./configure GLIB_CONFIG="$GLIB_INSTDIR/bin/glib-config" \
+	    PKG_CONFIG=/bin/false "$@" || exit 1
+make clean || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+
+echo "GNU Midnight Commander has been successfully compiled"