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+# Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
+# Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+# :=0 --> UPnP support turned off by default at runtime
+# :=1 --> UPnP support turned on by default at runtime
+# :=- --> No UPnP support - miniupnp not required
+USE_UPNP:=1
+
+# :=1 --> Enable IPv6 support
+# :=0 --> Disable IPv6 support
+USE_IPV6:=1
+
+LINK:=$(CXX)
+
+DEFS=-DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+
+DEFS += $(addprefix -I,$(CURDIR) $(CURDIR)/obj $(BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH) $(BDB_INCLUDE_PATH) $(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH))
+LIBS = $(addprefix -L,$(BOOST_LIB_PATH) $(BDB_LIB_PATH) $(OPENSSL_LIB_PATH))
+
+TESTDEFS = -DTEST_DATA_DIR=$(abspath test/data)
+
+LMODE = dynamic
+LMODE2 = dynamic
+ifdef STATIC
+	LMODE = static
+	ifeq (${STATIC}, all)
+		LMODE2 = static
+	endif
+else
+	TESTDEFS += -DBOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
+endif
+
+# for boost 1.37, add -mt to the boost libraries
+LIBS += \
+ -Wl,-B$(LMODE) \
+   -l boost_system$(BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX) \
+   -l boost_filesystem$(BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX) \
+   -l boost_program_options$(BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX) \
+   -l boost_thread$(BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX) \
+   -l boost_locale$(BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX) \
+   -l db_cxx$(BDB_LIB_SUFFIX) \
+   -l ssl \
+   -l crypto \
+   -l rt
+
+TESTLIBS += \
+ -Wl,-B$(LMODE) \
+   -l boost_unit_test_framework$(BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX)
+
+ifndef USE_UPNP
+	override USE_UPNP = -
+endif
+ifneq (${USE_UPNP}, -)
+	LIBS += -l miniupnpc
+	DEFS += -DUSE_UPNP=$(USE_UPNP)
+endif
+
+ifneq (${USE_IPV6}, -)
+	DEFS += -DUSE_IPV6=$(USE_IPV6)
+endif
+
+LIBS+= \
+ -Wl,-B$(LMODE2) \
+   -l z \
+   -l pthread
+
+
+# Hardening
+# Make some classes of vulnerabilities unexploitable in case one is discovered.
+#
+    # This is a workaround for Ubuntu bug #691722, the default -fstack-protector causes
+    # -fstack-protector-all to be ignored unless -fno-stack-protector is used first.
+    # see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-4.5/+bug/691722
+    HARDENING=-fno-stack-protector
+
+    # Stack Canaries
+    # Put numbers at the beginning of each stack frame and check that they are the same.
+    # If a stack buffer if overflowed, it writes over the canary number and then on return
+    # when that number is checked, it won't be the same and the program will exit with
+    # a "Stack smashing detected" error instead of being exploited.
+    HARDENING+=-fstack-protector-all -Wstack-protector
+
+    # Make some important things such as the global offset table read only as soon as
+    # the dynamic linker is finished building it. This will prevent overwriting of addresses
+    # which would later be jumped to.
+    LDHARDENING+=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now
+
+    # Build position independent code to take advantage of Address Space Layout Randomization
+    # offered by some kernels.
+    # see doc/build-unix.txt for more information.
+    ifdef PIE
+        HARDENING+=-fPIE
+        LDHARDENING+=-pie
+    endif
+
+    # -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 does some checking for potentially exploitable code patterns in
+    # the source such overflowing a statically defined buffer.
+    HARDENING+=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
+#
+
+
+DEBUGFLAGS=-g
+
+# CXXFLAGS can be specified on the make command line, so we use xCXXFLAGS that only
+# adds some defaults in front. Unfortunately, CXXFLAGS=... $(CXXFLAGS) does not work.
+xCXXFLAGS= -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter \
+    $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(HARDENING) $(CXXFLAGS)
+
+# LDFLAGS can be specified on the make command line, so we use xLDFLAGS that only
+# adds some defaults in front. Unfortunately, LDFLAGS=... $(LDFLAGS) does not work.
+xLDFLAGS=$(LDHARDENING) $(LDFLAGS)
+
+OBJS= \
+    ../libtorrent/src/.libs/libtorrent-rasterbar.a \
+    obj/alert.o \
+    obj/version.o \
+    obj/checkpoints.o \
+    obj/netbase.o \
+    obj/addrman.o \
+    obj/crypter.o \
+    obj/key.o \
+    obj/db.o \
+    obj/init.o \
+    obj/bitcoind.o \
+    obj/keystore.o \
+    obj/core.o \
+    obj/main.o \
+    obj/net.o \
+    obj/protocol.o \
+    obj/bitcoinrpc.o \
+    obj/rpcdump.o \
+    obj/rpcnet.o \
+    obj/rpcmining.o \
+    obj/rpcwallet.o \
+    obj/rpcblockchain.o \
+    obj/rpcrawtransaction.o \
+    obj/script.o \
+    obj/scrypt.o \
+    obj/softcheckpoint.o \
+    obj/sync.o \
+    obj/util.o \
+    obj/wallet.o \
+    obj/walletdb.o \
+    obj/hash.o \
+    obj/bloom.o \
+    obj/noui.o \
+    obj/leveldb.o \
+    obj/txdb.o \
+    obj/chainparams.o \
+    obj/twister.o \
+    obj/twister_rss.o \
+    obj/twister_utils.o
+
+ifdef USE_SSE2
+DEFS += -DUSE_SSE2
+OBJS_SSE2= obj/scrypt-sse2.o
+OBJS += $(OBJS_SSE2)
+endif
+
+all: twisterd
+
+test check: test_bitcoin FORCE
+	./test_bitcoin
+
+#
+# LevelDB support
+#
+MAKEOVERRIDES =
+LIBS += -l leveldb -l memenv
+leveldb/libleveldb.a:
+	@echo "Building LevelDB ..." && cd leveldb && $(MAKE) CC="$(CC)" CXX="$(CXX)" OPT="$(xCXXFLAGS)" libleveldb.a libmemenv.a && cd ..
+
+#
+# libtorrent hack
+#
+MAKEOVERRIDES =
+LIBS += $(CURDIR)/../libtorrent/src/.libs/libtorrent-rasterbar.a
+LIBS += -l rt
+DEFS += $(addprefix -I,$(CURDIR)/../libtorrent/include)
+DEFS += -DTORRENT_DEBUG
+DEFS += -DBOOST_ASIO_SEPARATE_COMPILATION
+#DEFS += -DBOOST_ASIO_DYN_LINK
+../libtorrent/src/.libs/libtorrent-rasterbar.a:
+	@echo "Building libtorrent ..." && cd ../libtorrent && $(MAKE) CC="$(CC)" CXX="$(CXX)" OPT="$(xCXXFLAGS)" && cd ../src
+
+
+# auto-generated dependencies:
+-include obj/*.P
+-include obj-test/*.P
+
+obj/build.h: FORCE
+	/bin/sh ../share/genbuild.sh obj/build.h
+version.cpp: obj/build.h
+DEFS += -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO
+
+obj/%-sse2.o: %-sse2.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c $(xCXXFLAGS) -msse2 -MMD -MF $(@:%.o=%.d) -o $@ $<
+	@cp $(@:%.o=%.d) $(@:%.o=%.P); \
+	  sed -e 's/#.*//' -e 's/^[^:]*: *//' -e 's/ *\\$$//' \
+	      -e '/^$$/ d' -e 's/$$/ :/' < $(@:%.o=%.d) >> $(@:%.o=%.P); \
+	  rm -f $(@:%.o=%.d)
+
+obj/%.o: %.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c $(xCXXFLAGS) -MMD -MF $(@:%.o=%.d) -o $@ $<
+	@cp $(@:%.o=%.d) $(@:%.o=%.P); \
+	  sed -e 's/#.*//' -e 's/^[^:]*: *//' -e 's/ *\\$$//' \
+	      -e '/^$$/ d' -e 's/$$/ :/' < $(@:%.o=%.d) >> $(@:%.o=%.P); \
+	  rm -f $(@:%.o=%.d)
+
+twisterd: $(OBJS:obj/%=obj/%)
+	$(LINK) $(xCXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(xLDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+
+TESTOBJS := $(patsubst test/%.cpp,obj-test/%.o,$(wildcard test/*.cpp))
+
+obj-test/%.o: test/%.cpp
+	$(CXX) -c $(TESTDEFS) $(xCXXFLAGS) -MMD -MF $(@:%.o=%.d) -o $@ $<
+	@cp $(@:%.o=%.d) $(@:%.o=%.P); \
+	  sed -e 's/#.*//' -e 's/^[^:]*: *//' -e 's/ *\\$$//' \
+	      -e '/^$$/ d' -e 's/$$/ :/' < $(@:%.o=%.d) >> $(@:%.o=%.P); \
+	  rm -f $(@:%.o=%.d)
+
+test_bitcoin: $(TESTOBJS) $(filter-out obj/init.o obj/bitcoind.o,$(OBJS:obj/%=obj/%))
+	$(LINK) $(xCXXFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBPATHS) $^ $(TESTLIBS) $(xLDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+
+clean:
+	-rm -f twisterd test_bitcoin
+	-rm -f obj/*.o
+	-rm -f obj-test/*.o
+	-rm -f obj/*.P
+	-rm -f obj-test/*.P
+	-rm -f obj/build.h
+	-cd leveldb && $(MAKE) clean || true
+
+FORCE: