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+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
+# 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 $(abs_builddir)
+export CODE_COVERAGE_GENHTML_OPTIONS
+
+export AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(abs_builddir)/src -I$(abs_srcdir)/src \
+                     $(CODE_COVERAGE_CPPFLAGS)
+export AM_CFLAGS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_CFLAGS)
+export AM_CXXFLAGS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_CXXFLAGS)
+
+export COMMON_LIBS = $(CODE_COVERAGE_LIBS)
+export STDPLUS_LIBS = $(abs_builddir)/src/libstdplus.la $(COMMON_LIBS)
+
+
+EXTRA_DIST = LICENSE MAINTAINERS README.md
+SUBDIRS = src example test