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+# Makefile for python interface for package gorrent.
+# File is generated by gopy. Do not edit.
+# gopy gen --output=py/gorrent gorrent
+
+GOCMD=go
+GOBUILD=$(GOCMD) build -mod=mod
+GOIMPORTS=goimports
+PYTHON=/usr/bin/python
+LIBEXT=.so
+
+# get the CC and flags used to build python:
+GCC = $(shell $(GOCMD) env CC)
+CFLAGS = $(shell python3-config --includes)
+LDFLAGS = -L/usr/lib64 $(BOOST_ROOT)/stage/lib/libboost_python*.a -lpthread -ldl  -lutil -lm -lm
+
+all: build
+
+build:
+	# build target builds the generated files -- this is what gopy build does..
+	# this will otherwise be built during go build and may be out of date
+	- rm gorrent.c
+	# goimports is needed to ensure that the imports list is valid
+	$(GOIMPORTS) -w gorrent.go
+	# generate gorrent_go$(LIBEXT) from gorrent.go -- the cgo wrappers to go functions
+	$(GOBUILD) -buildmode=c-archive -o gorrent_go.a gorrent.go
+	# use pybindgen to build the gorrent.c file which are the CPython wrappers to cgo wrappers..
+	# note: pip install pybindgen to get pybindgen if this fails
+	$(PYTHON) build.py
+	# build the _gorrent$(LIBEXT) library that contains the cgo and CPython wrappers
+	# generated gorrent.py python wrapper imports this c-code package
+	
+	$(GCC) gorrent.c  gorrent_go.a -o _gorrent$(LIBEXT) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -fPIC --shared -w
+