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+# -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
+
+from waflib import Utils
+import os
+
+VERSION = '0.1.0'
+APPNAME = 'ndncert'
+GIT_TAG_PREFIX = 'ndncert-'
+
+def options(opt):
+    opt.load(['compiler_cxx', 'gnu_dirs'])
+    opt.load(['default-compiler-flags', 'coverage', 'sanitizers',
+              'boost', 'openssl', 'sqlite3'],
+             tooldir=['.waf-tools'])
+
+    optgrp = opt.add_option_group('ndncert Options')
+    optgrp.add_option('--with-tests', action='store_true', default=False,
+                      help='Build unit tests')
+
+def configure(conf):
+    conf.load(['compiler_cxx', 'gnu_dirs',
+               'default-compiler-flags', 'boost', 'openssl', 'sqlite3'])
+
+    conf.env.WITH_TESTS = conf.options.with_tests
+
+    conf.check_cfg(package='libndn-cxx', args=['--cflags', '--libs'], uselib_store='NDN_CXX',
+                   pkg_config_path=os.environ.get('PKG_CONFIG_PATH', '%s/pkgconfig' % conf.env.LIBDIR))
+
+    conf.check_sqlite3()
+    conf.check_openssl(lib='crypto', atleast_version=0x1010100f) # 1.1.1
+
+    boost_libs = ['system', 'program_options', 'filesystem']
+    if conf.env.WITH_TESTS:
+        boost_libs.append('unit_test_framework')
+
+    conf.check_boost(lib=boost_libs, mt=True)
+    if conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 105800:
+        conf.fatal('Minimum required Boost version is 1.58.0\n'
+                   'Please upgrade your distribution or manually install a newer version of Boost'
+                   ' (https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/Boost_FAQ)')
+
+    conf.check_compiler_flags()
+
+    # Loading "late" to prevent tests from being compiled with profiling flags
+    conf.load('coverage')
+    conf.load('sanitizers')
+
+    # If there happens to be a static library, waf will put the corresponding -L flags
+    # before dynamic library flags.  This can result in compilation failure when the
+    # system has a different version of the ndncert library installed.
+    conf.env.prepend_value('STLIBPATH', ['.'])
+
+    conf.define_cond('HAVE_TESTS', conf.env.WITH_TESTS)
+    conf.define('SYSCONFDIR', conf.env.SYSCONFDIR)
+    # The config header will contain all defines that were added using conf.define()
+    # or conf.define_cond().  Everything that was added directly to conf.env.DEFINES
+    # will not appear in the config header, but will instead be passed directly to the
+    # compiler on the command line.
+    conf.write_config_header('src/detail/ndncert-config.hpp', define_prefix='NDNCERT_')
+
+def build(bld):
+    bld.shlib(target='ndn-cert',
+              vnum=VERSION,
+              cnum=VERSION,
+              source=bld.path.ant_glob('src/**/*.cpp'),
+              use='NDN_CXX BOOST OPENSSL SQLITE3',
+              includes='src',
+              export_includes='src')
+
+    bld(features='subst',
+        source='libndn-cert.pc.in',
+        target='libndn-cert.pc',
+        install_path='${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig',
+        VERSION=VERSION)
+
+    bld.recurse('tests')
+
+    bld.install_files(
+        dest='${INCLUDEDIR}/ndncert',
+        files=bld.path.ant_glob('src/**/*.hpp'),
+        cwd=bld.path.find_dir('src'),
+        relative_trick=True)
+
+    bld.install_files(
+        dest='${INCLUDEDIR}/ndncert',
+        files=bld.path.get_bld().ant_glob('src/**/*.hpp'),
+        cwd=bld.path.get_bld().find_dir('src'),
+        relative_trick=False)
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