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+# -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
+VERSION = "0.1.0"
+APPNAME = "ndncert"
+BUGREPORT = "http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/ndncert"
+GIT_TAG_PREFIX = "ndncert"
+
+from waflib import Logs, Utils, Context
+import os
+
+def options(opt):
+    opt.load(['compiler_cxx', 'gnu_dirs'])
+    opt.load(['boost', 'default-compiler-flags', 'sqlite3',
+              'coverage', 'sanitizers',
+              'doxygen', 'sphinx_build'], tooldir=['.waf-tools'])
+
+    syncopt = opt.add_option_group ("ndncert options")
+    syncopt.add_option('--with-tests', action='store_true', default=False, dest='with_tests',
+                       help='''build unit tests''')
+
+def configure(conf):
+    conf.load(['compiler_cxx', 'gnu_dirs',
+               'boost', 'default-compiler-flags', 'sqlite3',
+               'doxygen', 'sphinx_build'])
+
+    if 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH' not in os.environ:
+       os.environ['PKG_CONFIG_PATH'] = Utils.subst_vars('${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig', conf.env)
+
+    conf.check_cfg(package='libndn-cxx', args=['--cflags', '--libs'],
+                   uselib_store='NDN_CXX', mandatory=True)
+
+    USED_BOOST_LIBS = ['system', 'filesystem', 'iostreams',
+                       'program_options', 'thread', 'log', 'log_setup']
+
+    conf.env['WITH_TESTS'] = conf.options.with_tests
+    if conf.env['WITH_TESTS']:
+        USED_BOOST_LIBS += ['unit_test_framework']
+        conf.define('HAVE_TESTS', 1)
+
+    conf.check_boost(lib=USED_BOOST_LIBS, mt=True)
+    if conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 105400:
+        Logs.error("Minimum required boost version is 1.54.0")
+        Logs.error("Please upgrade your distribution or install custom boost libraries" +
+                    " (https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/Boost_FAQ)")
+        return
+
+    # Loading "late" to prevent tests to be compiled with profiling flags
+    conf.load('coverage')
+
+    conf.load('sanitizers')
+    
+    conf.write_config_header('src/ndncert-config.hpp')
+
+def build(bld):
+    core = bld(
+        target = "objects",
+        features=['cxx'],
+        source =  bld.path.ant_glob(['src/**/*.cpp']),
+        use = 'NDN_CXX BOOST',
+        includes = ['src'],
+        export_includes=['src'],
+    )
+
+    bld.recurse('tests')