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+language: cpp
+compiler:
+ - gcc
+ - clang
+
+before_install:
+ - sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
+ - sudo apt-get update -qq
+ - sudo apt-get build-dep rtorrent libtorrent-dev
+# prevent `macro `AM_PATH_CPPUNIT' not found in library` in `autogen.sh`
+ - sudo apt-get install libcppunit-dev gcc-4.7 g++-4.7
+# `autogen.sh` doesn't call `configure`
+ - export CC=gcc-4.7 && export CXX=g++-4.7
+ - git clone https://github.com/rakshasa/libtorrent.git && cd libtorrent && ./autogen.sh && configure && make -j24 && sudo make install && cd ..
+
+script: ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make -j24 && make -j24 check && sudo make install