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+# needed to find external libraries not registered with package manager
+cmplr = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+
+# dependency to link dbus support
+sdbusplus = dependency('sdbusplus', version : '>=1.0')
+
+# dependency to link libpdbg support
+libpdbg = cmplr.find_library('pdbg')
+
+# libpdbg requires linking with "whole-archive" option
+whole_archive = declare_dependency(link_args : '-Wl,--whole-archive')
+no_whole_archive = declare_dependency(link_args : '-Wl,--no-whole-archive')
+
+executable('attn_handler',
+           'attn_main.cpp', 'attn_handler.cpp',
+           dependencies : [whole_archive, libpdbg,
+                           no_whole_archive, sdbusplus],
+           install : true)