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+# -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
+top = '../..'
+
+def build(bld):
+    bld.objects(
+        target='serve-objects',
+        source=bld.path.ant_glob('*.cpp', excl='main.cpp'),
+        use='core-objects')
+
+    bld.program(
+        target=f'{top}/bin/ndnserve',
+        name='ndnserve',
+        source='main.cpp',
+        use='serve-objects')
+
+    # backward compatibility
+    bld.symlink_as('${BINDIR}/ndnputchunks', 'ndnserve')