diff --git a/src/template/linuxalpha b/src/template/linuxalpha
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+AROPT:crs
+CFLAGS:-O2 
+SHARED_LIB:-fpic
+ALL:
+SRCH_INC:/usr/include/ncurses /usr/include/readline
+SRCH_LIB:
+USE_LOCALE:no
+DLSUFFIX:.so
+YFLAGS:-d
+YACC:bison -y