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+## -*-makefile-*-
+## Linux-specific setup
+## Copyright (c) 1999-2010, International Business Machines Corporation and
+## others. All Rights Reserved.
+
+## Commands to generate dependency files
+GEN_DEPS.c=  $(CC) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+GEN_DEPS.cc= $(CXX) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+
+## Flags for position independent code
+SHAREDLIBCFLAGS = -fPIC
+SHAREDLIBCXXFLAGS = -fPIC
+SHAREDLIBCPPFLAGS = -DPIC
+
+## Additional flags when building libraries and with threads
+THREADSCPPFLAGS = -D_REENTRANT
+LIBCPPFLAGS =
+
+## Compiler switch to embed a runtime search path
+LD_RPATH= -Wl,-zorigin,-rpath,'$$'ORIGIN 
+LD_RPATH_PRE = -Wl,-rpath,
+
+## These are the library specific LDFLAGS
+LDFLAGSICUDT=-nodefaultlibs -nostdlib
+
+## Compiler switch to embed a library name
+# The initial tab in the next line is to prevent icu-config from reading it.
+        LD_SONAME = -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET))
+#SH# # We can't depend on MIDDLE_SO_TARGET being set.
+#SH# LD_SONAME=
+
+## Shared library options
+LD_SOOPTIONS= -Wl,-Bsymbolic
+
+## Shared object suffix
+SO = so
+## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
+STATIC_O = ao
+
+## Compilation rules
+%.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
+        $(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
+        $(COMPILE.c) $(DYNAMICCPPFLAGS) $(DYNAMICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+
+%.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.cpp
+        $(COMPILE.cc) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCXXFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+%.o: $(srcdir)/%.cpp
+        $(COMPILE.cc) $(DYNAMICCPPFLAGS) $(DYNAMICCXXFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+
+
+## Dependency rules
+%.d: $(srcdir)/%.c
+        @echo "generating dependency information for $<"
+        @$(SHELL) -ec '$(GEN_DEPS.c) $< \
+                | sed '\''s%\($*\)\.o[ :]*%\1.o $@ : %g'\'' > $@; \
+                [ -s $@ ] || rm -f $@'
+
+%.d: $(srcdir)/%.cpp
+        @echo "generating dependency information for $<"
+        @$(SHELL) -ec '$(GEN_DEPS.cc) $< \
+                | sed '\''s%\($*\)\.o[ :]*%\1.o $@ : %g'\'' > $@; \
+                [ -s $@ ] || rm -f $@'
+
+## Versioned libraries rules
+
+%.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
+        $(RM) $@ && ln -s ${<F} $@
+%.$(SO): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
+        $(RM) $@ && ln -s ${*F}.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) $@
+
+##  Bind internal references
+
+# LDflags that pkgdata will use
+BIR_LDFLAGS= -Wl,-Bsymbolic
+
+# Dependencies [i.e. map files] for the final library
+BIR_DEPS=
+
+## Remove shared library 's'
+STATIC_PREFIX_WHEN_USED = 
+STATIC_PREFIX = 
+
+## End Linux-specific setup
+