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-## -*-makefile-*-
-## Solaris-specific setup using Sun's workshop compilers
-## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
-## others. All Rights Reserved.
-##
-## $Id: mh-solaris-sparcv9,v 1.20 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
-
-## Commands to generate dependency files
-GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 -xM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
-GEN_DEPS.cc=	$(CXX) -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 -xM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
-
-## Commands to compile
-COMPILE.c=	$(CC) -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 -mt $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c
-COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 -mt $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c
-
-## Commands to link
-## For Sun Workshop, use CC to link to bring in C++ runtime
-LINK.c=		$(CXX) -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 -mt $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-LINK.cc=	$(CXX) -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 -mt $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
-## Commands to make a shared library
-SHLIB.c=	$(CC) -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -G
-SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -G
-
-## Compiler switch to embed a runtime search path
-LD_RPATH=	-R
-LD_RPATH_PRE=	
-
-## Compiler switch to embed a library name
-LD_SONAME = -h $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
-
-## Shared object suffix
-SO=		so
-## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
-STATIC_O = o
-
-## Compilation rules
-%.$(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 $@ $<
-
-../data/%.o: ../data/%.c
-	$(COMPILE.c) $(DYNAMICCPPFLAGS) $(DYNAMICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
-
-## Dependency rules
-%.d : $(srcdir)/%.c
-	@echo "Generating dependency information for $<"
-	@$(GEN_DEPS.c) $< > $@
-
-%.d : $(srcdir)/%.cpp
-	@echo "Generating dependency information for $<"
-	@$(GEN_DEPS.cc) $< > $@
-
-## Versioned libraries rules
-
-%.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $< $@
-%.$(SO): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $*.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) $@
-
-## End Solaris-specific setup