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+# create openpower-hw-diags executable for local testing
+executable('openpower-hw-diags-test',
+            'main.cpp', 'logging.cpp', 'bp_handler.cpp', 'ti_handler.cpp',
+            'analyzer_main.cpp',
+            link_with : [analyzer, attn],
+            include_directories : incdir,
+            dependencies : libhei_dep,
+            install : false)