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+# -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
+
+from waflib import Build, Logs, Utils, Task, TaskGen, Configure
+
+def options(opt):
+    opt.load('compiler_c compiler_cxx gnu_dirs c_osx cryptopp boost')
+    #opt.load('boost cryptopp', tooldir=['waf-tools'])
+
+    opt = opt.add_option_group('Certtool Options')
+    opt.add_option('--debug',action='store_true',default=False,dest='debug',help='''debugging mode''')
+    #opt.add_option('--without-osx-keychain', action='store_false', default=True, dest='with_osx_keychain',
+    #               help='''On Darwin, do not use OSX keychain as a default TPM''')
+
+def configure(conf):
+    conf.load("compiler_c compiler_cxx gnu_dirs c_osx cryptopp boost")
+
+    if conf.options.debug:
+        conf.define ('_DEBUG', 1)
+        flags = ['-O0',
+                 '-Wall',
+                 # '-Werror',
+                 '-Wno-unused-variable',
+                 '-g3',
+                 '-Wno-unused-private-field', # only clang supports
+                 '-fcolor-diagnostics',       # only clang supports
+                 '-Qunused-arguments',        # only clang supports
+                 '-Wno-tautological-compare', # suppress warnings from CryptoPP
+                 '-Wno-unused-function',      # another annoying warning from CryptoPP
+
+                 '-Wno-deprecated-declarations',
+                 ]
+
+        conf.add_supported_cxxflags (cxxflags = flags)
+    else:
+        flags = ['-O3', '-g', '-Wno-tautological-compare','-Wno-unused-variable',
+                         '-Wno-unused-function', '-Wno-deprecated-declarations']
+        conf.add_supported_cxxflags (cxxflags = flags)
+
+    conf.check_cfg(package='libndn-cpp-dev', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='NDN_CPP', mandatory=True)
+    conf.check_boost(lib='system iostreams thread unit_test_framework log', uselib_store='BOOST', version='1_55', mandatory=True)
+    conf.check_cfg(package='sqlite3', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='SQLITE3', mandatory=True)
+    conf.check_cryptopp(path=conf.options.cryptopp_dir, mandatory=True)
+    
+
+def build (bld):
+    bld (
+        features=['cxx', 'cxxprogram'],
+        target="certtool",
+        source = bld.path.ant_glob('*.cpp'),
+        use = 'NDN_CPP BOOST CRYPTOPP SQLITE3',
+        #includes = ". src"
+        )
+
+@Configure.conf
+def add_supported_cxxflags(self, cxxflags):
+    """
+    Check which cxxflags are supported by compiler and add them to env.CXXFLAGS variable
+    """
+    self.start_msg('Checking allowed flags for c++ compiler')
+
+    supportedFlags = []
+    for flag in cxxflags:
+        if self.check_cxx (cxxflags=[flag], mandatory=False):
+            supportedFlags += [flag]
+
+    self.end_msg (' '.join (supportedFlags))
+    self.env.CXXFLAGS += supportedFlags