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+# $Id: mk-test.awk,v 1.13 2015/05/01 00:47:26 tom Exp $
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2006-2010,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                #
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+# with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to #
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the  #
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+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL    #
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+# Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright     #
+# holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, #
+# use or other dealings in this Software without prior written               #
+# authorization.                                                             #
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Author: Thomas E. Dickey
+#
+# generate Makefile for ncurses tests.
+BEGIN	{
+		first = 1;
+		count = 0;
+	}
+/^#/	{
+		next;
+	}
+/^$/	{
+		next;
+	}
+	{
+		if (first) {
+			print "# generated by mk-test.awk\n";
+			first = 0;
+		}
+		progs[count] = $1;
+		flags[count] = $2;
+		using[count] = $3;
+		files[count] = "";
+		for (n = 4; n <= NF; ++n) {
+			files[count] = sprintf("%s $(MODEL)/%s$o", files[count], $n);
+		}
+		count = count + 1;
+	}
+END	{
+	for (n = 0; n < count; ++n) {
+		if (n == 0) {
+			printf "TESTS\t= ";
+		} else {
+			printf "\t  ";
+		}
+		printf "$(destdir)%s$x", progs[n];
+		if (n < count - 1) {
+			printf " \\";
+		}
+		print "";
+	}
+	print	""
+	print	"all: $(TESTS)"
+	print	""
+	print	"sources:"
+	print	""
+	print	"tags:"
+	print	"	$(CTAGS) *.[ch]"
+	print	""
+	print	"# no libraries here"
+	print	"libs \\"
+	print	"install.libs \\"
+	print	"uninstall.libs:"
+	print	""
+	if (INSTALL == "yes") {
+		print	"# we might install the test-programs"
+		print	"install \\"
+		print	"install.test: $(BINDIR) $(TESTS)"
+		print	"	$(SHELL) -c 'for src in $(TESTS); do \\"
+		print	"	dst=`echo $$src | $(TRANSFORM)`; \\"
+		print	"	$(INSTALL_PROG) $$src $(BINDIR)/$$dst; \\"
+		print	"	done'"
+		print	""
+		print	"uninstall \\"
+		print	"uninstall.test:"
+		print	"	$(SHELL) -c 'for src in $(TESTS); do \\"
+		print	"	dst=`echo $$src | $(TRANSFORM)`; \\"
+		print	"	rm -f $(BINDIR)/$$dst; \\"
+		print	"	done'"
+	} else {
+		print	"install \\"
+		print	"install.test \\"
+		print	"uninstall \\"
+		print	"uninstall.test:"
+	}
+	print	""
+	print	"mostlyclean ::"
+	print	"	-rm -f core tags TAGS *~ *.bak *.i *.ln *.atac trace"
+	print	""
+	print	"clean :: mostlyclean"
+	print	"	-$(SHELL) -c \"if test -n '$x' ; then $(MAKE) clean x=''; fi\""
+	print	"	-rm -rf *$o screendump *.lis $(TESTS) .libs *.dSYM"
+	print	""
+	print	"distclean :: clean"
+	print	"	-rm -f Makefile ncurses_cfg.h config.status config.log"
+	print	""
+	print	"realclean :: distclean"
+	print	""
+	print	"lint:"
+	print	"	$(SHELL) -c 'for N in $(TESTS); do echo LINT:$$N; $(LINT) $(LINT_OPTS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(srcdir)/$$N.c $(LINT_LIBS); done'"
+	print	"$(BINDIR) :"
+	print	"	mkdir -p $@"
+
+
+	if (ECHO_LINK != "") {
+		ECHO_LINK="@ echo linking $@ ... ;"
+	}
+	for (n = 0; n < count; ++n) {
+		print "";
+		printf "$(destdir)%s$x:%s %s\n", progs[n], files[n], using[n];
+		printf "\t%s$(LINK) -o $@%s %s\n", ECHO_LINK, files[n], flags[n];
+	}
+
+	}