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+#! /usr/local/bin/parrot
+# Copyright (C) 2009, Parrot Foundation.
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+setup.pir - Python distutils style
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+No Configure step, no Makefile generated.
+
+=head1 USAGE
+
+    $ parrot setup.pir build
+    $ parrot setup.pir test
+    $ sudo parrot setup.pir install
+
+=cut
+
+.sub 'main' :main
+    .param pmc args
+    $S0 = shift args
+    load_bytecode 'distutils.pbc'
+
+    .const 'Sub' prebuild = 'prebuild'
+    register_step_before('build', prebuild)
+
+    .const 'Sub' clean = 'clean'
+    register_step_before('clean', clean)
+
+    # build
+    $P0 = new 'Hash'
+    $P1 = new 'Hash'
+    $P2 = split "\n", <<'SOURCES'
+dynext/pmc/lua.pmc
+dynext/pmc/luaany.pmc
+dynext/pmc/luaboolean.pmc
+dynext/pmc/luabytecode.pmc
+dynext/pmc/luafunction.pmc
+dynext/pmc/luanil.pmc
+dynext/pmc/luanumber.pmc
+dynext/pmc/luastring.pmc
+dynext/pmc/luatable.pmc
+dynext/pmc/luathread.pmc
+dynext/pmc/luauserdata.pmc
+SOURCES
+    $S0 = pop $P2
+    $P1['lua_group'] = $P2
+    $P0['dynpmc'] = $P1
+
+    $P3 = new 'Hash'
+    $P3['lua/lua51_gen.pir'] = 'lua/lua51.pg'
+    $P3['lua/lua51_testlex_gen.pir'] = 'lua/lua51_testlex.pg'
+    $P0['pir_pge'] = $P3
+
+    $P4 = new 'Hash'
+    $P4['lua/PASTGrammar_gen.pir'] = 'lua/PASTGrammar.tg'
+    $P4['lua/POSTGrammar_gen.pir'] = 'lua/POSTGrammar.tg'
+    $P4['lua/dumplex_gen.pir'] = 'lua/dumplex.tg'
+    $P0['pir_tge'] = $P4
+
+    $P5 = new 'Hash'
+    $P6 = split "\n", <<'SOURCES'
+lua/lua51.pir
+lua/grammar51.pir
+lua/lua51_gen.pir
+lua/PASTGrammar_gen.pir
+lua/POSTGrammar_gen.pir
+lua/lib/luaaux.pir
+lua/lib/luabasic.pir
+lua/lib/luacoroutine.pir
+lua/lib/luapackage.pir
+lua/lib/luaregex.pir
+lua/lib/luastring.pir
+lua/lib/luatable.pir
+lua/lib/luamath.pir
+lua/lib/luaio.pir
+lua/lib/luafile.pir
+lua/lib/luaos.pir
+lua/lib/luadebug.pir
+lua/lib/luabytecode.pir
+lua/lib/luabytecode_gen.pir
+SOURCES
+    $S0 = pop $P6
+    $P5['lua/lua.pbc'] = $P6
+    $P5['lua.pbc'] = 'lua.pir'
+    $P5['luap.pbc'] = 'luap.pir'
+    $P5['lua/luad.pbc'] = 'luad.pir'
+    $P0['pbc_pir'] = $P5
+
+    $P7 = new 'Hash'
+    $P7['parrot-lua'] = 'lua.pbc'
+    $P7['parrot-luap'] = 'luap.pbc'
+    $P0['exe_pbc'] = $P7
+
+    # test
+    $S0 = get_parrot()
+    $P0['prove_exec'] = $S0
+    $P0['prove_files'] = 't/pmc/*.t'
+
+    # install
+    $P8 = split ' ', 'lua/lua.pbc lua/luad.pbc'
+    $P0['inst_lang'] = $P8
+    .tailcall setup(args :flat, $P0 :flat :named)
+.end
+
+.sub 'prebuild' :anon
+    .param pmc kv :slurpy :named
+    .local string cmd
+    $P0 = split ' ', 'lua/lib/luabytecode.rules build/translator.pl'
+    $I0 = newer('lua/lib/luabytecode_gen.pir', $P0)
+    if $I0 goto L1
+    cmd = 'perl build/translator.pl'
+    cmd .= ' --output lua/lib/luabytecode_gen.pir'
+    cmd .= ' lua/lib/luabytecode.rules'
+    system(cmd)
+  L1:
+.end
+
+.sub 'clean' :anon
+    .param pmc kv :slurpy :named
+    unlink('lua/lib/luabytecode_gen.pir')
+.end
+
+
+# Local Variables:
+#   mode: pir
+#   fill-column: 100
+# End:
+# vim: expandtab shiftwidth=4 ft=pir: