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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+set -ex
+
+sudo USE=-crash emerge -av1 \
+  chromeos-base/libchrome \
+  chromeos-base/metrics \
+  dev-cpp/gmock \
+  dev-cpp/gtest \
+  dev-util/bsdiff \
+  dev-util/lcov \
+  sys-apps/fakeroot