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+### -*-makefile-*-
+###
+### Standard Makefile for Python packages.
+
+default: all
+
+PYTHON ?= python
+PYTHONS ?= $(PYTHON)
+prefix ?= /usr/local
+
+###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+### Version information.
+
+distdir := $(shell $(PYTHON) setup.py -q distdir)
+
+###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+### Useful targets implemented by the `setup.py' program.
+
+SINGLE_PYTARGETS += gen
+CMD-gen ?= build_gen
+
+PYTARGETS += all
+CMD-all ?= build
+$(foreach p,$(PYTHONS),all/$p):: all/%: gen
+
+PYTARGETS += clean
+OPTS-clean ?= --all
+clean-hook::; rm -f MANIFEST RELEASE
+
+SINGLE_PYTARGETS += dist
+CMD-dist ?= sdist
+OPTS-dist += --dist-dir .
+
+PYTARGETS += install
+OPTS-install += --prefix $(prefix) \
+ $(and $(DESTDIR),--root $(DESTDIR))
+
+PYTARGETS += check
+CMD-check ?= test
+$(foreach p,$(PYTHONS),check/$p):: check/%: all/%
+
+###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+### Interfacing `setup.py' to make.
+
+pysetup = $(or $2,$(PYTHON)) setup.py \
+ $(if $(filter-out undefined,$(origin CMD-$1)),$(CMD-$1),$1) \
+ $(OPTS-$1) $(OPTS-$1/$(or $2,$(PYTHON)))
+
+PYTHON_PYTARGETS = $(foreach t, $(PYTARGETS), \
+ $(foreach p, $(PYTHONS), \
+ $t/$p))
+ALL_PYTARGETS = $(PYTARGETS)
+ALL_PYTARGETS += $(SINGLE_PYTARGETS) $(PYTHON_PYTARGETS)
+
+$(foreach t, $(ALL_PYTARGETS), $t-hook):: %:
+
+$(SINGLE_PYTARGETS):: %: %-hook setup.py
+ $(call pysetup,$*)
+$(PYTARGETS):: %: %-hook $(foreach p, $(PYTHONS), %/$p)
+$(PYTHON_PYTARGETS):: %: %-hook setup.py
+ $(call pysetup,$(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $*)),$(notdir $*))
+
+.PHONY: $(ALL_PYTARGETS)
+
+###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+### Release builds.
+
+distcheck:
+ rm -rf _distcheck
+ $(PYTHON) setup.py sdist --dist-dir _distcheck
+ cd _distcheck && tar xvfz $(distdir).tar.gz
+ cd _distcheck/$(distdir) && $(MAKE) check && $(MAKE) dist
+ cp _distcheck/$(distdir)/$(distdir).tar.gz .
+ rm -rf _distcheck
+
+###----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------