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+# -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
+
+VERSION='0.0.1'
+APPNAME='chronoshare'
+
+from waflib import Build, Logs
+
+def options(opt):
+    opt.add_option('--debug',action='store_true',default=False,dest='debug',help='''debugging mode''')
+    opt.add_option('--test', action='store_true',default=False,dest='_test',help='''build unit tests''')
+    opt.load('compiler_c')
+    opt.load('compiler_cxx')
+    opt.load('boost')
+    opt.load('gnu_dirs')
+    opt.load('ccnx protobuf', tooldir=["waf-tools"])
+
+def configure(conf):
+    conf.load("compiler_cxx")
+    conf.load('gnu_dirs')
+
+    if not conf.check_cfg(package='openssl', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='SSL', mandatory=False):
+      libcrypto = conf.check_cc(lib='crypto',
+                                header_name='openssl/crypto.h',
+                                define_name='HAVE_SSL',
+                                uselib_store='SSL')
+    if not conf.get_define ("HAVE_SSL"):
+        conf.fatal ("Cannot find SSL libraries")
+
+    conf.load('boost')
+
+    conf.check_boost(lib='system iostreams test thread')
+
+    conf.load ('ccnx')
+    conf.check_ccnx (path=conf.options.ccnx_dir)
+
+    if conf.options.debug:
+        conf.define ('_DEBUG', 1)
+        conf.env.append_value('CXXFLAGS', ['-O0', '-g3'])
+    else:
+        conf.env.append_value('CXXFLAGS', ['-O3', '-g'])
+
+    if conf.options._test:
+      conf.define('_TEST', 1)
+
+    conf.load('protobuf')
+
+def build (bld):
+    bld.post_mode = Build.POST_LAZY
+
+    bld.add_group ("protobuf")
+
+#    x = bld (
+#        features = ["protobuf"],
+#        source = ["model/sync-state.proto"],
+#        target = ["model/sync-state.pb"],
+#        )
+
+    bld.add_group ("code")
+        
+    libccnx = bld (
+        target=APPNAME,
+        features=['cxx', 'cxxshlib'],
+        source =  [
+            'src/ccnx-wrapper.cpp',
+            'src/ccnx-tunnel.cpp',
+            ],
+        use = 'BOOST BOOST_THREAD SSL CCNX',
+        includes = ['include', ],
+        )
+        
+    # Unit tests
+    if bld.get_define("_TEST"):
+      unittests = bld.program (
+          target="unit-tests",
+          source = bld.path.ant_glob(['test/**/*.cc']),
+          features=['cxx', 'cxxprogram'],
+          use = 'BOOST_TEST',
+          includes = ['include', ],
+          )
+
+
+
+