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+descr
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+# $Revision$
+var w=2
+var p=2
+var s=2
+var l=4
+var f=4
+var d=8
+var NAME=minix
+var M=i86
+var LIB=lib/{M}/tail_
+var RT=lib/{M}/head_
+var MRT=lib/minix/head_
+var MLIB=lib/minix/tail_
+var CPP_F=-Dunix -DACK -Di8088
+var INCLUDES=-I{EM}/lib/minix/include -I{EM}/include/_tail_cc
+var ALIGN=-a0:2 -a1:2 -a2:2 -a3:2
+name be
+	from .m.g
+	to .s
+	program {EM}/lib/{M}/cg
+	args <
+	stdout
+	need .e
+end
+name as
+	from .s.so
+	to .o
+	program {EM}/lib/{M}/as
+	args - -o > <
+	prep cond
+end
+name led
+	from .o.a
+	to .out
+	program {EM}/lib/em_led
+	mapflag -l* LNAME={EM}/{LIB}*
+	mapflag -i SEPID=-b1:0
+	mapflag -fp LIBFP={EM}/{LIB}fp
+	args {ALIGN} {SEPID?} (.e:{HEAD}={EM}/{MRT}em) \
+({RTS}:.ocm.b.c={EM}/{MRT}cc) ({RTS}:.p={EM}/{MRT}pc) -o > < \
+		(.p:{TAIL}={EM}/{MLIB}pc) \
+		(.b:{TAIL}={EM}/{MLIB}bc) \
+		(.ocm:{TAIL}={EM}/{MLIB}ocm) \
+		(.ocm.b.c:{TAIL}={EM}/{MLIB}cc.1s {EM}/{MLIB}cc.2g) \
+		{LIBFP?} \
+		(.e:{TAIL}={EM}/{MLIB}mon {EM}/lib/minix/end_em)
+	linker
+end
+name cv
+	from .out
+	to .cv
+	program {EM}/lib/{M}/cv
+	args < >
+	outfile a.out
+end