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net/net.gyp

 # Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 {
   'variables': {
     'chromium_code': 1,
   },
   'includes': [
     '../build/common.gypi',
   ],
   'targets': [
     {
       'target_name': 'net',
       'type': '<(library)',
       'dependencies': [
         '../base/base.gyp:base',
         '../build/temp_gyp/googleurl.gyp:googleurl',
         '../build/temp_gyp/v8.gyp:v8',
         '../sdch/sdch.gyp:sdch',
+        # TODO:  various targets end up using
+        # testing::internal::AssertHelper through references here.  
+        # Good candidate for refactoring.
+        '../testing/gtest.gyp:gtest',
         '../third_party/bzip2/bzip2.gyp:bzip2',
         '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icui18n',
         '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icuuc',
         '../third_party/modp_b64/modp_b64.gyp:modp_b64',
         '../third_party/zlib/zlib.gyp:zlib',
         'net_resources',
       ],
       'msvs_guid': '326E9795-E760-410A-B69A-3F79DB3F5243',
       'sources': [
         'base/address_list.cc',
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           'sources': [
             'tools/dump_cache/dump_cache.cc',
             'tools/dump_cache/dump_files.cc',
             'tools/dump_cache/upgrade.cc',
           ],
         },
       ],
     }],
   ],
 }