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+### -*-makefile-*-
+###
+### Common variable definitions for build scripts
+###
+### (c) 2015 Straylight/Edgeware
+###
+
+###----- Licensing notice ---------------------------------------------------
+###
+### This file is part of the Sensble Object Design, an object system for C.
+###
+### SOD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+### it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+### the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+### (at your option) any later version.
+###
+### SOD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+### but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+### MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+### GNU General Public License for more details.
+###
+### You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+### along with SOD; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+### Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+### Miscellaneous useful definitions.
+
+## Installation directories.
+pkglispsrcdir = $(lispsrcdir)/$(PACKAGE)
+
+###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+### Initial values for common variables.
+
+EXTRA_DIST =
+CLEANFILES =
+DISTCLEANFILES =
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES =
+SUFFIXES =
+BUILT_SOURCES =
+
+bin_PROGRAMS =
+check_PROGRAMS =
+pkginclude_HEADERS =
+
+CLEANFILES += $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+
+###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+### Include and library path.
+
+SOD_INCLUDES = \
+ -I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_builddir)/lib
+
+AM_CPPFLAGS = $(SOD_INCLUDES)
+LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libsod.la
+
+###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+### Translating SOD input files.
+
+## The tool location.
+SOD = $(top_builddir)/src/sod
+
+## Build rules.
+SUFFIXES += .c .h .sod
+.sod.c: $(SOD); $(SOD) -tc $<
+.sod.h: $(SOD); $(SOD) -th $<
+
+###----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------