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+# -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2014, Regents of the University of California
+#
+# GPL 3.0 license, see the COPYING.md file for more information
+
+from waflib import TaskGen
+
+def options(opt):
+    opt.add_option('--with-coverage', action='store_true', default=False, dest='with_coverage',
+                   help='''Set compiler flags for gcc to enable code coverage information''')
+
+def configure(conf):
+    if conf.options.with_coverage:
+        conf.check_cxx(cxxflags=['-fprofile-arcs', '-ftest-coverage', '-fPIC'],
+                       linkflags=['-fprofile-arcs'], uselib_store='GCOV', mandatory=True)
+
+@TaskGen.feature('cxx','cc')
+@TaskGen.after('process_source')
+def add_coverage(self):
+    if getattr(self, 'use', ''):
+        self.use += ' GCOV'
+    else:
+        self.use = 'GCOV'