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+VERSION = 1.0
+
+PREFIX = /usr/local
+MANPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/share/man
+
+X11INC = /usr/X11R6/include
+X11LIB = /usr/X11R6/lib
+
+INCS = -I. -I/usr/include -I${X11INC}
+LIBS = -L/usr/lib -lc -L${X11LIB} -lX11 -lasound
+
+# flags
+CPPFLAGS = -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\" -D_GNU_SOURCE
+CFLAGS = -std=c99 -pedantic -Wno-unused-function -Wall -Wextra -O0 ${INCS} ${CPPFLAGS}
+LDFLAGS = ${LIBS}
+
+CC = cc
+LD = ld
+