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 Test cases require google{test,mock}, valgrind, and lcov.
 
 ## Building
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 For a standard release build, you want something like:
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 ```
 ./bootstrap.sh
 ./configure --disable-tests
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
 ```
 
 For a test / debug build, a typical configuration is
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 ```
 ./bootstrap.sh
 ./configure --enable-tests --enable-coverage --enable-valgrind