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+# Ignore system headers
+CODE_COVERAGE_IGNORE_PATTERN = '/include/*' '/usr/include/*' '$(includedir)/*'
+export CODE_COVERAGE_IGNORE_PATTERN
+
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_SHOPTS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_SHOPTS_DEFAULT)
+# Use our configuration file for lcov
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_SHOPTS += --config-file $(abs_srcdir)/.lcovrc
+export CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_SHOPTS
+#
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_OPTIONS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_OPTIONS_DEFAULT)
+# Use our configuration file for lcov
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_OPTIONS += --config-file $(abs_srcdir)/.lcovrc
+export CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_OPTIONS
+
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_RMOPTS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_RMOPTS_DEFAULT)
+# Use our configuration file for lcov
+CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_RMOPTS += --config-file $(abs_srcdir)/.lcovrc
+export CODE_COVERAGE_LCOV_RMOPTS
+
+CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS_DEFAULT)
+# Use our configuration file for genhtml
+CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS += --config-file $(abs_srcdir)/.lcovrc
+# Don't generate the absolute path for each file in the HTML output
+CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS += --prefix $(abs_srcdir) --prefix $(abs_builddir)
+export CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS
+