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+# --- Required interface definitions ---
+
+OBJ=o
+LOBJ=o
+
+# Usage: $(call libname,base)
+define libname
+lib$(1).a
+endef
+
+# Usage: $(call binname,base)
+define binname
+$(1)
+endef
+
+# --- Required rule definitions ---
+
+#                       1   2
+# Usage: $(call compile,src,includes)
+define compile
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) \
+		$(call depflags,$(basename $(call src_to_obj,$(1)))) \
+		$(foreach I,$(2),-I$(I)) \
+		-c $(1) -o $(call src_to_obj,$(1))
+endef
+
+#                       1   2
+# Usage: $(call c_compile,src,includes)
+define c_compile
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) \
+		$(call depflags,$(basename $(call src_to_obj,$(1)))) \
+		$(foreach I,$(2),-I$(I)) \
+		-c $(1) -o $(call c_src_to_obj,$(1))
+endef
+
+libcompile = $(compile)
+
+#                       1    2       3       4        5
+# Usage: $(call makelib,objs,library,current,revision,age)
+define makelib
+	ar cru $(2) $(1);
+	ranlib $(2);
+	dlltool -l $(2) -D `echo $(2) | sed -e 's,lib\(.*\).a,\1'`$(3).dll \
+		$(1) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+endef
+
+#                       1    2
+# Usage: $(call makebin,objs,binary)
+define makebin
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(1) -o $(2) $(LDFLAGS) \
+		-Llibqpdf/$(OUTPUT_DIR) -lqpdf $(LIBS)
+endef